TITLE 37

FOOD, DRUGS, AND OIL

CHAPTER 28

CRIMINAL FORFEITURES

37-2804.  Forfeiture request — Rebuttable presumption. Property subject to criminal forfeiture under this chapter shall not be ordered forfeited unless the attorney general or the appropriate prosecuting attorney has filed a separate allegation within the criminal proceeding seeking forfeiture of specific property as described in section 37-2801, Idaho Code. The attorney general or appropriate prosecuting attorney shall file, within fourteen (14) days of the filing of the criminal information or indictment, a separate part II forfeiture request and notice with the trial court.

There is a rebuttable presumption that any property of a person subject to the provisions of section 37-2801, Idaho Code, is subject to forfeiture under this chapter if the state of Idaho establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that:

(1)  The property was acquired by a person during the period of the violation of chapter 27, title 37, Idaho Code, or within a reasonable time after such violation; and

(2)  There was no likely source for such property other than the violation of chapter 27, title 37, Idaho Code.

History:

[37-2804, added 1996, ch. 230, sec. 1, p. 750.]