These laws, like so many, were initially put into place to punish drug dealers. But like most laws geared towards the War on Drugs™ the cops realized they could use it against anyone and gleefully have ever since. It’s not just money, they’ll seize a person’s home even if the homeowner had no idea their child or guest had drugs there.
Yup, in most states, it’s anything the money COULD have been used on, and it’s on you to prove the money was not used towards that item. You paid for new brakes on your car while gainfully employed, but you were also selling weed? Some part of that money WAS from drug sales - your car is now ours.
These laws, like so many, were initially put into place to punish drug dealers. But like most laws geared towards the War on Drugs™ the cops realized they could use it against anyone and gleefully have ever since. It’s not just money, they’ll seize a person’s home even if the homeowner had no idea their child or guest had drugs there.
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Yup, in most states, it’s anything the money COULD have been used on, and it’s on you to prove the money was not used towards that item. You paid for new brakes on your car while gainfully employed, but you were also selling weed? Some part of that money WAS from drug sales - your car is now ours.