The city, county or any other government institution is not supposed to profit off this kind of affairs at all. Government must be funded by taxes and taxes alo

The city, county or any other government institution is not supposed to profit off this kind of affairs at all. Government must be funded by taxes and taxes alone, all excess collections must be returned to taxpayers unconditionally. Civil asset forfeiture and this kind of laws just make racketeers out of government officials. And yeah - $8 isn't a good reason for seizing someone's house, when they can easily get a small claims court to summarily get that $8.