Georgia’s Civil Forfeiture Statute Costs a Defendant Over $12,000.00
A defendant in a Cobb Superior Court case lost two amounts of cash, one of which totaled $12,231.00, and some personal property to the police under Georgia’s Civil Forfeiture Statute, O.C.G.A. § 16-13-49 (2014). The money and property were discovered “in close proximity to methamphetamine and marijuana during a search of” the defendant’s car and …