AsSET FORFEITURE

Every year, customs confiscates millions of dollars from people who depart or arrive from Miami International Airport, and other airports in the United States. Our asset forfeiture attorneys have helped various clients in retrieving possessions confiscated by customs. If customs has confiscated any possessions when arriving or departing any airport in the United States, an asset forfeiture attorney may help you obtain return of your possessions. 

Asset forfeiture occurs when authorities confiscate and seize various possessions, such as cash, vehicles, houses, boats, and other properties, because they believe that these possessions are connected to criminal activities, or are not legitimate. Another reason for asset forfeiture is to collect any standing debt a person may have. Once a notice of property seized is mailed, it is imperative to act quickly to ensure the seized possessions are returned.

Our attorneys work with local, state, and federal agencies, alongside with financial agencies, to recover the possessions which have been taken. Despite civil statutes giving authority to these individual and agencies to seize private property they believe are associated with a crime, it does not mean that these properties belong to them. Unfortunately, it requires little proof for authorities to strip you of your properties and possessions. Even innocent property owners, whose property was part of someone else’s crime, are unable to retrieve their possessions. 

If any of your possessions have been seized due to an assumed connection to a crime or person convicted of a crime, our attorneys who specialize in asset forfeiture are well experienced in navigating the federal and state laws to protect your assets from being forfeited and then obtaining their return. To obtain more information, and for an evaluation of your case, contact us today.