In re Seizure of Approximately $20,000 U.S. Currency

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 1452

Syllabus

R.C. 2981.03(F)/return of seized property untimely R.C. 2981.11(A)/ongoing investigation. In accordance with R.C. 2981.03(F), the state failed to timely commence neither civil nor criminal forfeiture proceedings against petitioner's seized property. Additionally, the state's minimal assertion that an investigation was ongoing, and that appellee's property was germane to that investigation, was not sufficient to continue to maintain control over petitioner's property.