Wins / Colorado, June 2026
Colorado requires criminal charges before forfeiture and gives owners a lawyer
Colorado HB 26-1250 repeals the exception that let the state keep property without a conviction, requires criminal charges before any forfeiture or nuisance proceeding, pauses the civil case until the criminal case ends, and gives owners who cannot afford a lawyer one at the state's expense. It passed 64 to 1 and 33 to 2.
- Where
- Colorado
- When
- June 2026
- What kind
- Legislation passed, featured by the editor
- Issue
- Criminal justice
- Work by
- Institute for Justice
Sources
Where to check it. Every entry on the ledger has at least two.
HB26-1250, Procedures Related to Civil Asset ForfeitureColorado General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly reins in policing for profitInstitute for Justice
More from the ledger
Other entries from Colorado and on the same issue.
Colorado lets home cooks sell refrigerated foods and meatColorado, June 2026
Washington raises the bar for forfeiture and shifts the burden onto the governmentWashington, May 2025
Kansas overhauls civil asset forfeiture with a unanimous bipartisan voteKansas, April 2024
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