Confiscación de bienes relacionados con el juego en Minnesota

Explicación Simple

Si usas cosas para jugar de manera ilegal, esas cosas pueden ser quitadas por la policía. Esto incluye dinero, dispositivos y cualquier otro material que se use en juegos de azar.

Es como cuando un profesor encuentra un teléfono en clase y lo quita para evitar distracciones. Así, la policía puede quitar objetos que se usan para jugar de forma ilegal.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan tiene una máquina de juego en su casa y la policía llega a hacer una revisión. Si encuentran la máquina y determinan que se usa para jugar ilegalmente, pueden quitarla y no se la devolverán.

Penalidades

Los bienes relacionados con el juego ilegal pueden ser confiscados y no se devolverán tras una condena.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

The following are subject to forfeiture: (1) devices used or intended for use, including those defined in section349.30, subdivision 2, as a gambling device, except as authorized in sections299L.07and349.11to349.23; (2) all moneys, materials, and other property used or intended for use as payment to participate in gambling or a prize or receipt for gambling; (3) books, records, and research products and materials, including formulas, microfilm, tapes, and data used or intended for use in gambling; and (4) property used or intended to be used to illegally influence the outcome of a horse race. Property subject to forfeiture under subdivision 1 may be seized by any law enforcement agency upon process issued by any court having jurisdiction over the property. Seizure without process may be made if: (1) the seizure is incident to an arrest or a search under a search warrant; (2) the property subject to seizure has been the subject of a prior judgment in favor of the state in a criminal injunction or forfeiture proceeding; or (3) the law enforcement agency has probable cause to believe that the property was used or is intended to be used in a gambling violation and the delay occasioned by the necessity to obtain process would result in the removal, loss, or destruction of the property. Property taken or detained under subdivision 2 is not subject to a replevin action, but is considered to be in the custody of the law enforcement agency subject only to the orders and decrees of the court having jurisdiction over the forfeiture proceedings. Property must be forfeited after a conviction for a gambling violation according to the following procedure: (1) a separate complaint must be filed against the property describing it, charging its use in the specified violation,