Cities tow cars for many reasons. They are often towed when doubled parked or left in front of a fire hydrant. If there are too many parking tickets, cities will often boot first, and if the driver does not pay the tickets in a certain amount of time, the boot comes off, and the vehicle […]
12 Alerts From the civil asset forfeiture Tag
Missouri Members: Help rescue House Bill 444, Asset Forfeiture legislation, from State Rules Committee limbo
April 12, 2019
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Action Alert, ALERT, CAF, civil asset forfeiture, MISSOURI, MO, ReformCivilAssetForfeiture
Dear Missouri NMA Member, Two key issues that the NMA is focusing on at the federal level are 1) prohibiting federal funding of state traffic enforcement campaigns based on ticket quotas, and 2) urgently needed reform of civil asset forfeiture (CAF) laws. Regarding the latter, motorists have become prime targets of property seizures by state […]
The Push for Civil Asset Forfeiture Heating Up
Momentum is building behind one of the NMA’s most important legislative initiatives: Enacting civil asset forfeiture (CAF) laws to prevent law enforcement agencies from seizing (and profiting from) the property of citizens ─ often motorists ─ who have not been convicted of an underlying crime. Under Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the Department of Justice has […]
