643 So. 2d 982 - Hodge v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. ““(h) An owner’s or bona fide lienholder’s interest in real property or fixtures shall not be forfeited-under this section for'any act or omission unless the state proves that that act or omission was committed or omitted with the knowledge or consent of that owner or lien-holder. An owner’s or bona fide lienholder’s interest in any type of property other than real property and fixtures shall be forfeited under this section unless the owner or bona fide lienholder proves both that the act or omission subjecting the property to forfeiture was committed or omitted without the owner’s or lienholder’s knowledge or consent and that the owner or lienholder could not have obtained by the exercise of reasonable diligence knowledge of the intended illegal use of the property so as to have prevented such use. Except as specifically provided to the contrary in this section, the procedures for the condemnation and forfeiture of property seized under this section shall be governed by and shall conform to the procedures set out in Sections 28-4-286 through 28-4-290[, Ala. Code 1975,] except that: (1) the burden of proof and standard of proof shall be as set out in this subsection instead of as set out in the last three lines of Section 28-4-290; and (2) the official filing the complaint shall also serve a copy of it on any person, corporation, or other entity having a perfected security interest in the property that is known to that official or that can be discovered through the exercise of”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bharara Segar, LLC v. State