[Sweet Hour of Prayer]

Asset forfeiture laws? What the heck is that?

[rarestia]

If you don’t think it can happen, it’s already too late.

[trebb]

Asset forfeiture laws? What the heck is that?

It's one of the ways they confiscate cars/boats/buildings for drug use and other illegal enterprises. It's already reportable if you take large sums of cash from your bank accounts because it makes you "a suspicious character". With the current rulers, illegal laws are the only ones likely to be enforced.

[KarlInOhio]

If you have a lot of money in your house or on your, you are probably a drug dealer and the government will take the money. No need for nasty things like evidence, due process, sworn testimony or guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. And since they have your cash you can't afford a lawyer to fight to get it back. Sometimes they might be nice enough to let you have some back if you sign over your rights to the rest of it.

In one case the sheriff was caught doing property appraisals to see which house was "most likely" to be involved in the drug business (i.e. most profitable to nab).