Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 18-5620 - FORFEITURE REQUEST - REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION(1) Property subject to criminal forfeiture under the provisions of this chapter shall not be ordered forfeited unless the attorney general or the appropriate prosecuting attorney has filed a separate allegation within the criminal proceeding seeking forfeiture of specific property as described in section 18-5612, Idaho Code. The attorney general or appropriate prosecuting attorney shall file, within fourteen (14) days of the filing of the criminal information or indictment, a separate part II forfeiture request and notice with the trial court.(2) There is a rebuttable presumption that any property of a person subject to the provisions of section 18-5612, Idaho Code, is subject to forfeiture under this chapter if the state of Idaho establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that: (a) The property was acquired by a person during the period of the violation of any section of this chapter for which criminal forfeiture may be ordered, pursuant to section 18-5612, Idaho Code, or within a reasonable time after such violation; and(b) There was no likely source for such property other than the violation of any section of this chapter for which criminal forfeiture may be ordered, pursuant to section 18-5612, Idaho Code.[18-5620, added 2013 , ch. 249, sec. 3 , p. 602.]Amended by 2024 Session Laws, ch. 147,sec. 18, eff. 7/1/2024.Added by 2013 Session Laws, ch. 249, sec. 3, eff. 7/1/2013.