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Forfeiture Endangers
American Rights Foundation
is
a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Donations are tax deductible.
20 Sunnyside Suite A-419, Mill Valley, CA 94941
Phone: 415-389-8551 or toll-free 888-FEAR-001
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Victim
support
[revised 8/14/2008 by Brenda Grantland, updated 9/5/2008 by Judy
Osburn]
Victim Support Materials:
- Victim Self-Help Materials - This
page
has several links that may help you if you are subject to a property
seizure or have other problems with "the authorities".
- "What To Do When Your Property Has
Been
Seized By Police" This FEAR pamphlet is easy to understand
and up to date. Please print out a hard copy of the PDF version and give it to other
people who need this information.)
- Federal forfeiture statutes
- FEAR's
Asset Forfeiture Defense Manual ($119 plus shipping & handling) is
written for pro se forfeiture victims as well as defense lawyers.
It's available for purchase on this website.
- FEAR's Brief Bank
contains over 200 sample motions, forms, briefs, discovery requests,
etc. which you can use as samples to write your own pleadings, if
necessary. A subscription costs $100 per year.
How can I
find a lawyer experienced
in forfeiture law? The FEAR
Attorney
Directory is one way to comparison shop for forfeiture
lawyers.
Unfortunately, we don't have very many attorneys listed here yet, but
we're
working on it. Please tell your forfeiture lawyer to apply
for our attorney directory.
Where can I turn if I
can't afford to hire an
attorney?
In
federal cases, CAFRA authorizes the appointment of counsel for indigent
civil forfeiture victims under certain circumstances. See our Application for
Appointment of Counsel page for details on how to ask for court
appointed
counsel.
Sunni's Page - Sunni
used to be FEAR's victim coordinator, the position which is now being
filled by Rose
Hanson - another forfeiture survivor. A forfeiture survivor
herself, Sunni had some excellent
advice on how to cope with a pending forfeiture case and still have a
life.
Here are some earlier writings from Sunni:
Kathy Bergman's advice to forfeiture victims - Kathy is a
forfeiture
survivor, and a former FEAR Board member.
- Perserverance Pays Off! FEAR-List
Bulletin, 6/3/95,
by Kathy Bergman (forfeiture victim wins back money from state
franchise
tax board)