Number: RL30576
Title: CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE REFORM ACT OF 2000: OVERVIEW OF PUBLIC LAW 106-185
Authors: Paul S. Wallace, Jr., American Law Division 
Abstract: After years of complaints regarding abusive government conduct which permitted prosecutors to confiscate the assets of innocent people long before the criminal trials began, Public Law 106-185 is intended to provide a balance between protecting the rights of property owners while continuing to permit the government to confiscate assets which can be provide by a preponderance of the evidence that such property may have been used in or was part of a crime.
Pages: 14
Date: Updated June 2, 2000