Walk It Through: The Seized Cash
A small bag in the console, an envelope of rent money, and ninety days for a petition.
On a stop with probable cause, an officer finds a small bag of marijuana in the console and an envelope of cash in the glovebox.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One stop with cash. A sale or intent to deliver charge, a car seized with the money, an appeal from the forfeiture order and federal forfeiture are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Conditional dischargeFor a person with no prior drug conviction, the court deferring the case and placing the person on probation, then discharging the person and dismissing the case without a conviction once its terms are met.
- ForfeitureTaking property exchanged for, traceable to, or used to facilitate a drug violation, on a petition filed within ninety days after the seizure.