Printable Format60-4105. Property subject to forfeiture. The following property is subject to forfeiture:
(a) Property described in a statute authorizing forfeiture;
(b) except as otherwise provided by law, all property, of every kind, including, but not limited to, cash and negotiable instruments and the whole of any lot or tract of land and any appurtenances or improvements to real property that is either:
(1) Furnished or intended to be furnished by any person in an exchange that constitutes conduct giving rise to forfeiture; or
(2) used or intended to be used in any manner to facilitate conduct giving rise to forfeiture, including, but not limited to, any electronic device, computer, computer system, computer network or any software or data owned by the defendant which is used during the commission of an offense listed in K.S.A. 60-4104, and amendments thereto;
(c) all proceeds of any conduct giving rise to forfeiture;
(d) all property of every kind, including, but not limited to, cash and negotiable instruments derived from or realized through any proceeds which were obtained directly or indirectly from the commission of an offense listed in K.S.A. 60-4104, and amendments thereto;
(e) all weapons possessed, used, or available for use in any manner to facilitate conduct giving rise to forfeiture;
(f) ownership or interest in real property that is a homestead, to the extent the homestead was acquired with proceeds from conduct giving rise to forfeiture;
(g) contraband, which shall be seized and summarily forfeited to the state without regard to the procedures set forth in this act;
(h) all controlled substances, raw materials, controlled substance analogs, counterfeit substances, or imitation controlled substances that have been manufactured, distributed, dispensed, possessed, or acquired in violation of the laws of this state; and
(i) any items bearing a counterfeit mark.
History: L. 1994, ch. 339, § 5; L. 2000, ch. 62, § 3; L. 2006, ch. 149, § 10; L. 2006, ch. 183, § 8; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 224; L. 2013, ch. 123, § 5; July 1.
Law Review and Bar Journal References:
"Kansas Homestead Law," Roger L. Theis and Karl R. Swartz, 65 J.K.B.A. No. 3, 20, 43 (1996).
"Too Firmly Fixed to be Now Displaced: More Than a Century of Forfeiture Law Outweighs Even a Truly Innocent Owner [Bennis v. Michigan, 116 S.Ct. 994 (1996)]," Lois Malin, 36 W.L.J. 131 (1996).
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Search of residence pursuant to warrant did not constitute general search requiring blanket suppression of evidence. U.S. v. Warren, 181 F. Supp. 2d 1232, 1245 (2001).
2. Under facts of case vehicle was not used to facilitate a drug transaction, forfeiture not required. State v. 1997 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, 35 Kan. App. 2d 889, 895, 136 P.3d 496 (2006).