The legislation would restrict asset forfeiture to felony cases and would require a criminal conviction before prosecutors could proceed with the process in most cases.
The proposed law would prohibit Missouri law enforcement agencies or prosecutors from entering into agreements to transfer seized property to a federal agency by way of adoption for the purpose of the property’s forfeiture under federal law.
New Hampshire law establishes a specific asset forfeiture process for drug offenses. This legislation would reform that process to require prosecutors to get a conviction in most cases before proceeding with forfeiture.
The legislation would replace the state’s civil asset forfeiture process with a criminal process. Under the new process, forfeiture could only occur if prosecutors secure a conviction for a crime that authorizes the forfeiture of property.