What is Civil Forfeiture?

Additional Reading:
Civil Forfeiture Now Requires A Criminal Conviction In Montana And New Mexico | How Civil Asset Forfeiture Works (college edition) | The Seemingly Interminable Saga of the Timbs Asset Forfeiture Case Continues | John Oliver Civil Asset Forfeiture Clip 2 | Proposed Changes to Civil Asset Forfeiture Law | Sentence First; Verdict Afterwards: Civil Asset Forfeiture Ruins Lives on Basis of Allegations | Pressley: Civil Asset Forfeiture Disproportionately Targeted Against Black And Brown Communities | New Bill Could Reform Civil Forfeiture | Civil Asset Forfeiture in 60 Seconds | Montana Reins in Civil Asset Forfeiture | Wisconsin Enacts Sweeping Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform | Senator Mike Lee Asks Attorney General Nominee Barr About Civil Asset Forfeiture! | Understanding the Impact of Asset Forfeiture | My Voice: Private property at risk in South Dakota | Two Ex-Federal Prosecutors Explain Asset Forfeiture | Paul Padda Podcast | Attorney General Sessions Announcement on Asset Forfeiture | Innocent Owner Defense: Protecting Uninvolved Parties from Forfeiture | Asset Forfeiture: Sierra Vista Police Department | A Comparison of Federal Civil and Criminal Forfeiture Procedures: Which Provides More Protections for Property Owners? | Clark Neily Discusses Civil Asset Forfeiture Policy | Supreme Court Limits Police Powers to Seize Private Property | Former Motel Caswell owner testifies in nation’s capital on pitfalls of civil forfeiture law | Mike Stenhouse — Civil Asset Forfeiture | Cross-Border Forfeiture Defense Strategies