Institute for Justice
Kansas
March 2010
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Scott G. Bullock
President and General Counsel
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State Law Evasion Grade | Final Grade |
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Kansas
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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) |
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| Equitable Sharing Proceeds from the Assets Forfeiture Fund (AFF) |
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| Freedom of Information Data |
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No Data Available; Required to Collect, But Did Not
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