Your rights when facing forfeiture in Harris County, Georgia

Your rights when facing forfeiture in Harris County, Georgia

Defendant’s rights, and the procedure involved in criminal forfeiture, differs substantially from state to state, and even based on the statute you are charged of violating. When you are facing criminal forfeiture of your properties, you may be informed in advance of your prosecution. Many times, criminal forfeiture proceedings will be commenced at the time of, or after conviction.

The procedure in which forfeiture will be handled, and if the proceedings are "criminal" or "civil" in nature, will differ substantially from state to state. It is often advisable to take assistance from a lawyer, if you are facing any kind of forfeiture action.

Civil forfeiture is very much like criminal forfeiture in numerous ways. However, while criminal forfeiture imposes an additional penalty on the property’s owner for the wrongful conduct, a civil forfeiture action is initiated against the property itself. For criminal forfeiture to be initiated, the owner of the property should be convicted of a crime, but civil forfeiture might happen although the owner is acquitted. In some cases, the property owner might not even be charged with a criminal activity. Civil forfeiture actions has to show "beyond a reasonable doubt" that the property has a sufficient relationship to a criminal activity to mandate its forfeiture under the law. Criminal cases must be tried using the much higher standard of, "Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt."

If you are facing forfeiture in Harris County, Georgia , contact a law firm immediately.

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