State v. One 1986 Subaru

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that “[IJegally seized property may be retained as long as the retention is reasonably related to the government’s legitimate need for it”
• acknowledging that R. 1:5-6(c) requires the clerk to file a complaint on the date it is received if accompanied by the filing fee or a direction to charge that fee to the filer's account
• explaining that owner of seized property can file a replevin action or move to retrieve improperly seized property and “[b]ecause of the availability of [such] procedures ..., a claimant’s inaction may weigh against a claim that his or her due-process rights have been violated”
• requiring dismissal where defendant's disposal of records after statute of limitations had run prejudiced his case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).