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I skimmed it, but it appears the Court is saying that Michigan is not required to have an innocent owner defense. That isn't the same as saying there can never be an innocent owner defense.

But many jurisdictions do allow such a defense.

US federal civil forfeiture does: 18 USC § 983(d)



US federal civil forfeiture does: 18 USC § 983(d)

Thanks for that.. that was part of the reform passed in 2000.


It is my understanding that all the federal civil forfeiture statues included their own innocent owner defense since the 1970s when civil forfeiture was applied to drugs.

The new statute removed ambiguities and created a uniform defense for all federal civil forfeitures.




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