“NYS Court of Appeals Limits Free-Rein Forfeiture” - Property Rights Foundation of America, Winter 2004
Ruling against Nassau County on November 24, 2003, the highest
state court prohibited asset forfeiture without standards and
required a prompt post-seizure hearing.
See Also
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In-Depth Information
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- “Property rights
group raises concern about occupancy tax law” - by Mike
Mender (Post Star, Glens Falls, N.Y., January 16, 2004
- Reprinted by permission of the Post Star)
Carol LaGrasse, president of Property Rights Foundation of
America, said, “The thing we’re most
concerned about is the aspect of forfeiture.” She
said that Warren County’s law would allow the county
treasurer to go after someone’s property if the county
felt that there was a prospective bankruptcy.
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 “Government, the New
Leviathan” - James Bovard, Author, Public Policy Analyst,
from Proceedings of the Second Annual N. Y. Conference on Private
Property Rights (Property Rights Foundation of America, 1996)
One of the most radical changes in American’s
lives in recent years is the proliferation of asset forfeiture
laws. Federal agents have confiscated over $5 billion in cash,
cars, homes, boats and other property from citizens in the last
10 years - in most cases, with no proof of criminal wrongdoing
by the owner.
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