Originally from Asset Forfeiture Law in the United States, Third Edition
§ 16-1 Overview
If the Government intends to seek a forfeiture judgment as part of the punishment in a criminal case, it must signal its intent to do so at the outset of the proceedings by including a forfeiture notice in the indictment or information. This chapter discusses what the Government must include in the forfeiture notice and the grounds on which a defendant may seek to have the notice dismissed from the indictment before the beginning of the trial.
Stefan D. Cassella, as a federal prosecutor, was one of the federal government's leading experts on asset forfeiture law for over thirty years, and now serves as an expert witness and consultant to law enforcement agencies and the financial sector as the CEO of AssetForfeitureLaw, LLC.