Asset Forfeiture
Facing asset forfeiture can have serious financial and personal consequences, especially if you don’t fully understand your rights under Oklahoma law. Property seized during legal proceedings may be at risk, but knowing how the law works can protect your interests. For tailored advice and defense strategies, a Tulsa asset forfeiture attorney can help explain your options and fight on your behalf.
Protecting your property requires experienced representation that understands the complexities of asset forfeiture cases. The Tulsa attorney team at Wirth Law Office offers knowledgeable guidance to help you navigate this challenging process. If you need legal help, call Wirth Law Office at (918) 879-1681 to discuss your situation with skilled professionals who can work to safeguard your assets.
How to Avoid Asset Forfeiture in Oklahoma
The easiest way to avoid asset forfeiture, under those circumstances, does not to travel with large sums of money. Read more »How Does Asset Forfeiture Work in Oklahoma?
Asset forfeiture allows police to seize and then keep or sell any property they allege is involved in a crime. Read more »What Assets Can Be Seized in Forfeiture in Oklahoma?
Most of the asset forfeiture cases in Oklahoma deal with the Dangerous and Controlled Substances Act, essentially drugs, illegal drugs. Read more »What is a Civil Asset Forfeiture Case in Oklahoma?
Civil forfeiture allows police to seize, and then keep or sell, any property they allege is involved in a crime that was committed. Read more »Audit: Rogers County DA Office Deleted Financial Records
State auditors cited two Oklahoma felony laws as criteria for a finding that the District Attorney's Office in Rogers County deleted financial records. The audit also cites a misdemeanor provision of the Oklahoma Open Records Act, which forbids public officials from deleting public records. Read more »Wagoner County Sheriff Faces Civil Asset Forfeiture Extortion Charge
A grand jury indictment of Wagoner County Sheriff Bob Colbert on felony charges related to asset seizure sheds light on the narrow difference between civil asset forfeitures purpose for restricting flow of criminal assets and civil forfeitures used as an alternative form of punitive criminal justice. Read more »Tulsa Asset Forfeiture Attorney in the News
Reform of asset forfeiture laws in Oklahoma is not moving as quickly as federal reforms, but a recent property forfeiture reform bill could change that. Tulsa asset forfeiture attorney James Wirth discussed the bill with a Fox23 investigative reporter. Read more »Among Asset Forfeiture Nightmares, Oklahoma Laws Loom Large
The nationwide investigative journalism project ProPublica has released a report detailing nightmare scenarios surrounding the widely used civil forfeiture process. Under civil asset forfeiture laws state, local and federal agencies routinely seize property from individuals who sometimes have not been convicted – or even charged – with a crime. According to ProPublica, the city of […] Read more »
Private Firm's Cash Seizures Flout Asset Forfeiture Law
A private company’s seizure of cash from motorists along a 21-mile length of I-40 in Caddo County has raised the ire of at least one judge. A Caddo County District Attorney nonetheless says he plans to “move forward” with a drug interdiction program that has had a private agency stopping and seizing cash from motorists. […] Read more »
