2018 House Bill 5704

Revise civil asset forfeiture procedures

Introduced in the House

March 8, 2018

Introduced by Rep. Beau LaFave (R-108)

To prohibit local governments from enforcing ordinances regulating civil asset forfeiture in controlled substances cases, meaning that such actions would be governed solely by state laws and rules. Civil asset forfeiture is a legal procedure that lets police agencies get a court's permission to keep and sell property they have seized that may be related to a crime.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary