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What exactly happens with things taken through civil forfeiture...? Like... Who gets it? Is it sold/auctioned? Who gets the money...?
The police department gets it. If you want your money back it's the seized money vs the state in a court, not you personally vs the state, the money itself vs the state.
But like... What does the department do with it? Do they just give it to indevual cops? If it's money does it become part of their budget?
Also, the case is "your money" vs " the state"? How the fuck does that work? This shit is so confusing 😅
Goes into the budget is my understanding. It becomes departmental funds.
Very very poorly for the individual because your intent cannot be factored into the case. The money itself has to be proven innocent from criminal activity. It's essentially designed to be as hard as possible for the individual to get their money back. I am not a lawyer and I am pulling this from memory so i could be wildly off base with this.
If Wikipedia is accurate, it varies a bit by state, but it seems like your memory is accurate for many of them.