Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2604 – Property subject to forfeiture
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2604
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- Property: means anything of value, including movables and immovables, including the whole of any lot or tract of land and corporeal and incorporeal movable property, including currency, instruments, or securities, or any other kind of privilege, claim, or right and includes any interest therein. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2601
The following property is subject to seizure and forfeiture as contraband, derivative contraband, or property related to contraband under the provision of La. Const. Art. I, § 4 of Louisiana:
(1) All controlled substances, raw materials, or controlled substance analogues that have been manufactured, distributed, dispensed, possessed, or acquired in violation of La. Rev. Stat. 40:961 et seq.
(2) All property that is either:
(a) Furnished or intended to be furnished by any person in exchange for a controlled substance in violation of La. Rev. Stat. 40:961 et seq.
(b) Used or intended to be used in any manner to facilitate conduct giving rise to forfeiture, provided that a conveyance subject to forfeiture solely in connection with conduct in violation of La. Rev. Stat. 40:961 et seq. may be forfeited only pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.
(3) Proceeds of any conduct giving rise to forfeiture.
(4) All weapons possessed, used, or available for use in any manner to facilitate conduct giving rise to forfeiture.
(5) Any interest or security in, claim against, or property or contractual right of any kind affording a source of control over any enterprise that a person has established, operated, controlled, conducted, or participated in the conduct of through conduct giving rise to forfeiture.
Acts 1989, No. 375, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.