Colorado Committee Holds Hearing on Bill to End Civil Asset Forfeiture and Further Opt State Out of Federal Program

a Colorado House committee held a hearing on a bill that would end civil asset forfeiture in the state and replace it with a criminal process. The enactment of this legislation would also further opt the state out of a program that allows police to circumvent more strict state forfeiture laws by passing cases off to the feds.

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