Vehicle forfeitures

If your vehicle has been taken by the police, please call Minnesota criminal defense attorney John Scott right away. Some Minnesota criminal laws permit police officers to seize and forfeit vehicles that are related to a criminal act that someone is being charged with under Minnesota criminal law. If the police and the prosecutor can prove that the vehicle is related to the crime, or the unlawful gains of criminal activity, the government will take the vehicle. If you are facing vehicle forfeiture, you need to hire a criminal defense attorney that knows the criminal laws and the forfeiture laws to represent you.

Minnesota criminal defense attorney John Scott can represent you in your vehicle forfeiture case. All vehicle forfeiture cases are actually civil cases, and it is up to you to hire a criminal defense attorney to start the civil case within the amount of time required by statute. This can be as soon as 30 days after the vehicle is seized by the government. If you do not take action quickly enough, you will lose the vehicle forever. Common reasons vehicles are seized in Minnesota include being:

• Driven by an intoxicated driver
• Used in the transportation of drugs like cocaine
• Used to obtain ingredients for making drugs like methamphetamine
• Used to transport firearms being used in the drug trade

Minnesota criminal defense attorney John Scott can represent you in your vehicle forfeiture case. If you have loaned your vehicle to someone that is arrested for possessing controlled substances while in your car, your car is subject to forfeiture. If you have loaned that person your car on a long term basis and that person is always driving it, the fact that you are on the title will not save the car from forfeiture.

Be sure to act before it is too late.

If your vehicle is forfeited, it is your obligation to start the civil case to If you have a public defender in your criminal case, your public defender will not represent you in the forfeiture case. You need an aggressive Minnesota criminal to represent and advise you. You need to act within the time required by the law. 

Call Attorney John Scott for a FREE consultation about your vehicle forfeiture case today.