Forfeiture Proceedings for Drug Arrests
If you have been arrested on drug charges, especially the sale of drugs, you might also be facing a civil forfeiture proceeding of your property. Under Georgia law, law enforcement agencies can seize and then forfeit your property if they can prove it was purchased with money related to drug sales, it helped facilitate drug sales or if the property was found in close proximity to drugs. If your property is forfeited, then you lose it and it becomes the property of the law enforcement agency that seized and then forfeited the property.
Logan Butler is a criminal defense lawyer in Cumming, Forsyth County Georgia with experience defending drug cases and forfeiture proceedings. It is important to know that forfeiture proceedings are separate from the criminal charges and forfeiture proceedings are civil proceedings. You will be served with a forfeiture proceeding notice and you must file an answer within thirty days of service. Hiring a defense lawyer like Logan Butler can help you protect your property from forfeiture. There are defenses available to forfeiture proceedings that a defense lawyer can develop so your property can be protected from forfeiture. Logan Butler practices Forfeiture defense in Cumming and Forsyth County, Georgia and the surrounding counties.
