Criminal Law
Crime
Status Offenses
Capital Offenses
Felonies & Misdemeanors
Crime of Omission & Commission
6 Categories of Crime
Civil Law
Civil Forfeiture Laws
4th Amendment
Reasonable Suspicion
Probable Cause
Burden of Proof
Civil forfeiture laws allow the government to take privately owned property. It is frequently applied in drug cases. An example would be the government taking away your car and auctioning it off.