Nasir

Nasir v. Sacramento County Office of District Attorney

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11 Cal. App. 4th 976·15 Cal. Rptr. 2d 694·1992 Cal. App. LEXIS 1445·92 Daily Journal DAR 16740·92 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 10070

Court of Appeal of CaliforniaDecember 14, 1992C011501California7,907 words

Opinion

Sparks, J.

In this appeal we examine the procedural requirements for a nonjudicial forfeiture of property seized for illegal drug trafficking. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11470 et seq.) Among other things, the procedural statute governing such an administrative forfeiture requires the district attorney to give notice to the owner of the seized property setting forth the appraised value of the property as well as instructions for filing a claim. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11488.4, subds. (c), (j)(2) & (3); [all further statutory references are to this code unless otherwise indicated.) Although the notice in this case did neither, the district attorney nevertheless prepared a declaration of forfeiture of the seized property. We hold these defects to be fatal to the validity of the administrative forfeiture.

Plaintiff Bilal Nasir appeals from a judgment denying his petition for a peremptory writ of mandate directing the defendant Sacramento County Office of the District Attorney (hereafter district attorney) to set aside a declaration of forfeiture of plaintiff’s vehicle and to proceed with a judicial action for forfeiture in which plaintiff may present his third party claim. We shall reverse…

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Parties

BILAL NASIR
Plaintiff
SACRAMENTO COUNTY OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Defendant

Judges

Sparks

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