Kansas

Grades 
Forfeiture
Law Grade
 State Law Evasion Grade  Final
Grade
Kansas

 

Forfeiture Law
Kansas civil forfeiture laws place an excessive burden on property owners while also providing a strong profit incentive for law enforcement agencies.  The government need only show by a preponderance of the evidence that the property meets the forfeiture definition.  Once that burden is met, a property owner bears the burden of showing that his interest in the property is not forfeitable.  Moreover, Kansas law enforcement keeps 100 percent of the proceeds from the sale of forfeited property after paying reasonable attorney’s fees.  Finally, even though Kansas does require that forfeiture data be collected, the government did not respond to requests for the information for this report.

 

Forfeitures as Reported to LEMAS (Drug-related only)

Total Assets
Forfeited

Assets Forfeited per
Law Enforcement Agency

1993

$2,182,590

$30,117

1997

$7,676,368

$21,999

2000

$3,274,621

$10,187

2003

$4,873,528

$16,356

 

Equitable Sharing Proceeds from the Assets Forfeiture Fund (AFF)

 

Proceeds Returned to State

FY 2000

$1,690,336

FY 2001

$3,137,162

FY 2002

$1,442,719

FY 2003

$1,992,796

FY 2004

$5,039,777

FY 2005

$3,279,147

FY 2006

$1,805,375

FY 2007

$2,091,681

FY 2008

$2,874,235

Total

$23,353,228

Average per Year

$2,594,803

 

Freedom of Information Data
No Data Available; Required to Collect, But Did Not

 

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