Every year, Illinois law enforcement agencies take cash, vehicles, land, and other assets worth tens of millions of dollars from residents through civil asset forfeiture. Civil asset forfeiture allows the police to take property they believe was used in the commission of a crime. In the past, these items have sometimes been taken through civil asset forfeiture without bringing criminal charges – let alone convictions.
Since 2005, the state of Illinois has put more than $319 million dollars in the state coffers that came from the asset forfeitures of private citizens. If you are charged with a criminal offense that includes asset seizure, you need an experienced Naperville, IL criminal defense attorney to aggressively defend your charges. The best way to avoid civil asset forfeiture is to be found not guilty of criminal charges against you or to have the charges dropped.