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Due Process Institute

Civil Asset Forfeiture

Due Process Institute seeks to reform laws that allow the government to seize property without securing a criminal conviction. The goal is to strengthen due process protections and prevent profit-driven policing practices.

Legislative Efforts

Learn about Due Process Institute’s policy work to reform civil asset forfeiture.

Advocacy

Amicus Briefs

Discover how Due Process Institute advocates in the courts for civil asset forfeiture reform.

Litigation

Research

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Education

Policy Impact

In June of 2024, the House Judiciary Committee unanimously passed the FAIR Act, a bill designed to reform the federal civil asset forfeiture system. The FAIR Act addresses the improper financial incentive of civil asset forfeiture by directing all federal forfeiture proceeds to the General Fund of the U.S. Treasury and ends the “equitable sharing” program that enables state and local law enforcement to evade their state legislatures’ limits on state-level forfeiture. This crucially closes a loophole that undermines hard-won state legislative reforms.