pot/marijuana and search and seizure laws
i live in texas and i’m not sure how the law works. if police find a certain amount pot/marijuana at a person’s house, is it true they have the right to seize the house? how long does the house remain under their posession? my friends says it’s forever, and that the owners of the house still have to pay for the mortgage. i highly doubt that. also, if you could, any links regarding marijuana and search/seizure laws would be highly appreciated.
wow texas laws suck.
u might wanna try keep the amount of weed in ur place to a minimum…. lmao
but as long as u dont give them any reasons to search ur house in the first place
thats ‘unreasonable search and seizure’ in violation of the 4th amendment.
Serendipity,
What your friend says is true – and it’s true that following seizure the homeowners are still liable for mortgage payments until the governement disposes (sells) the house.
But – it’s not just Texas. Many states and the Federal governement have the same policy regarding felony amounts (not misdomeanor) amounts of drugs – including marijuana.
“Ranger”
Go to Texas Penal codes on the net and look it up. It all depends on how much pot they find.
Criminals’ assets help fund drug task force
DA denies it, but others say property is traded for leniency
By KEVIN KRAUSE / The Dallas Morning News
DENTON, TEXAS – Fred Snow sold cars and cocaine.
William Burl Hatchett beat his prostitutes and forced them to have his name tattooed on their bodies.
David Treft cooked an estimated half-million dollars worth of methamphetamine.
All three faced prison; all three got probation.
That’s because – though the district attorney denies it – the North Central Texas Narcotics Task Force struck deals with them and others for lighter punishments in exchange for cash, cars, motorcycles, jewelry and other property that the task force needed to fund its operations. Denver McCarty, a former task force prosecutor, said he offered the deals to a half-dozen defendants during the last two years because the task force needed the money to stay in business.
“If we don’t have enough money by the end of the grant year, we’re all out of a job,” he said. “You kind of knew what kind of forfeiture money you needed to have, or everybody’s going home.”
Task forces like the one in Denton County comprise police officers and prosecutors from various member agencies. Most of their salaries are paid using federal grants. Such grants require that a portion of the task force’s budget be brought in by the task force. That’s done in part by seizing the assets of defendants, having courts validate the forfeiture of the property and then selling it.
i’m a texan lmao.
umm sorry just try
google-ing it.
Lets all face it, the “War on Drugs” is really a Government
war on the Bill of Rights.
In many cases the seizures are ‘without process of law’ and it’s
up to the accused to prove his innocence instead of vice versa.