INTERIM Trend: Civil Asset Forfeiture. 3 Lessons from 1 State's Ban on Asset Forfeiture.

What’s civil asset forfeiture? According to supporters of the ban, people do not have to be convicted or even charged to lose their property when suspected of a civil offense

What state has experience with restricting civil asset forefeiture? New Mexico

What can we learn from New Mexico?

  • Apply reforms to civil, criminal, and municipal offenses
  • Whether police can finance departments through asset forefeiture
  • Wether the government has to bear the burden of proof for civil asset forfeiture

Institute for Justice | After New Mexico Abolished Civil Forfeiture, Cops Continue to Seize Cars without Charging Owners with a Crime