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Parents' house seized after son's drug bust
By Pamela Brown, CNN
Updated 10:45 AM ET, Mon September 8, 2014
Parents' house seized after son's drug bust - CNN.com

"I'm a working guy. I work every day, six days a week, even seven if I have to," Sourovelis says. One day this past March, without warning, the government took his house away, even though he and his wife, Markella, have never been charged with a crime or accused of any wrongdoing.

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If my kid is arrested for smoking marijuana in my house, can I lose the house? | Criminal Law

If the prosecutor has evidence that you knew that illegal activity was taking place in your home and did not try to stop it, you could lose your house.......................

Owners can protect themselves. Property cannot be seized if it was not involved in a crime or if an “innocent owner” was not aware of the illegal nature or use of the property (that was the defense raised by the Derbachers). In some states, there is a homestead exemption to forfeiture, which means that property used as a primary residence cannot be seized. Federal law contains no homestead exemption.

What ever you do, don't invite the government on to your property.


Seizure Fever: The War on Property Rights | Foundation for Economic Education

Confiscation based on mere suspicion is the essence of contemporary asset forfeiture. In Adair County, Missouri, local police seized Sheri and Matthew Farrell’s 60-acre farm based on an unsubstantiated tip from a paid drug informant who claimed that Farrell had a vast field of marijuana and used tractors outfitted with special lights to harvest it at night. Police made no effort to investigate the allegations before seizing Farrell’s farm. The case against Farrell and 34 other local defendants collapsed when the informant refused to testify in court—first because he claimed he had laryngitis, and then because he claimed a total loss of memory.[19] Despite the collapse of the prosecution’s case, the police refused to return Farrell’s farm. They had a change of heart after the Pittsburgh Press exposed the case, although they required that the Farrells sign an agreement promising not to sue before giving back the farm. The case cost the Farrells over $5,600 in legal fees.

Get that skunk weed (or what ever it may be) off your property ASAP.