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Does the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 Bring a Modicum of Sanity to the Federal Civil Forfeiture System - An excellent review of the impact of the Reform Act of 2000 on forfeiture, giving a history of forfeiture as well as the passage of the act itself.
Forfeiture Endangers American Rights Foundation - FEAR is an American nonprofit organization dedicated to reform of federal and state asset forfeiture laws to restore due process and protect property rights in the forfeiture process.
Justice Management Division: Asset Forfeiture Program - The primary asset forfeiture pages of the US Department of Justice.
U.S. Marshals Service: Asset Forfeiture Program - The US Marshals Service explains the goals and benefits of the asset forfeiture program.
Forfeiture Endangers American Rights Foundation - National nonprofit organization dedicated to reform of federal and state asset forfeiture laws, to add additional safeguards to the forfeiture process.
Losing Ones Livelihood to the Grasp of Fiction - An introductory article on the law of civil forfeiture in the United States written in 1996 by Robert Shaw. Provides an overview of laws and legal standards, forfeiture's origins and history, law enforcement relationships and abuses, and suggestions for reform.
Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture (EOAF) - Administers the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to affirmatively influence the consistent and strategic use of asset forfeiture by Treasury law enforcement bureaus to disrupt and dismantle criminal enterprises.
American Forfeiture Law: Property Owners Meet the Prosecutor - A Policy Analysis from the Cato Institute that discusses the history of forfeiture and how it has enhanced the power of government over people and their property in ways that are difficult to reconcile with long-cherished constitutional rights.
Executive Privateers - A Discussion on Why the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act Will Not Significantly Reform the Practice of Forfeiture
The Devil is in the Details - The Forfeiture Example of American 'Justice'. A heavy criticism of asset forfeiture by S. Leon Felkins.

Wikipedia Articles

Declaration and forfeiture - In the sport of cricket a declaration occurs when a captain declares his team's innings closed and a forfeiture is when a captain chooses to forfeit an innings. Declaration and forfeiture is covered in Law 14 of the Laws of cricket.
Forfeiture Endangers American Rights - Forfeiture Endangers American Rights (F.E.
Asset forfeiture - Asset forfeiture is a term used to describe the confiscation of assets, by the State, which are either (a) the proceeds of crime or (b) the instrumentalities of crime. Instrumentalities of crime are property that was used to facilitate crime, for example cars used to transport illegal narcotics.
William Malet (land forfeiture) - William Malet (died c. 1121) was the third of his family to hold the honour of Eye and the lordship of Granville.
Innocent owner defense - ... for an affirmative defense that applies when an owner claims that they are innocent of a crime and therefore their property should not be forfeited. It is defined in section 983(d) of title 18 of the United States Code () and is part of the Code that defines forfeiture laws and more specifically the general rules for civil forfeiture proceedings.