Policy Text
I.
FORFEITURE GUIDELINES General Order #11
Effective: 04/15/2020 CFA 15.19
APPROVED: CHIEF CARLOS NORIEGA
POLICY
The North Bay Village Police Department utilizes the forfeiture provisions of the Florida
Contraband Forfeiture Act (F.C.F.A.) that authorizes law enforcement agencies to seize
and forfeit any vessel, motor vehicle, aircraft, currency, or other personal property or
contraband that has been used, is being used, or was intended to be used in violation of
any provision of this Act. All property acquired through civil process or asset forfeiture
proceedings are accounted for in agency records and disposed of by the agency
pursuant to legal authority. The North Bay Village Police Department specifically
incorporates, by reference, the Model Forfeiture Policy as adopted by the Florida
Legislature and the Uniform Forfeiture Guidelines pursuant to Florida State Statutes,
932.704 (11)(2), (1995).