HB167: Asset Forfeiture Only When There’s a Criminal Charge
This bill failed in committee. Libertas Institute supports this bill. Supporters of Libertas Institute are well aware of Utah’s recent controversy surrounding civil asset forfeiture in our state, whereby the Attorney...
U.S. Attorney General Puts the Brakes on Federal Forfeiture of Local Cases
Update: The “equitable sharing” program described below has been restarted 2.5 months later, and local police agencies are once again being given significant amounts of revenue from seized property. U.S. Attorney...
HB104: Property Rights for Raw Milk Drinkers
To track the status of this bill, find it on our Legislation Tracker.Click here to contact the sponsor of the bill to share your thoughts, or click here to email your Senator and Representative about it. Libertas Institute...
SB52: Reporting Requirements for Forfeiture of Property
This bill passed unanimously in both chambers of the legislature and was signed into law by the Governor. Libertas Institute supports this bill. Whenever we have the opportunity to discuss our legislative priorities and successes...
Forfeiture Revenue for Fiscal Year 2014 Revealed
In a presentation to the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee this week, a representative from the Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice presented legislators with a report on how much money has been...
Policing for Justice, or Profit?
Throughout the country, police officers are able to seize a person’s property without that person being charged with—let alone convicted of—a crime. The policy giving legal sanction to this action is known as civil asset...