In other words, you're stealing property without a conviction, with suppressed motions so families don't know they're about to lose an asset that may or may not be joint, and the under 50k amount applies to the people who can least afford to hire a civil attorney to fight the seizure.  They've made it a civil matter; most families cannot afford to hire an attorney to fight for their property back!  This law has been BS for a long, long time.  I went through it when my husband went to prison in 2008.  Part of the money from the car the Denver DA seized was set aside for the victim's medical bills.  The victim never claimed any money despite several notifications from victim's assistance.  You know who ended up with all the money???  The Denver Sheriff's Department for the impound tow and fees for the approximately 5 months the car was there.

If LEO's are fighting this and saying this is where most of their money is coming from; then they are not seizing assets of huge drug dealers!!!