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> > The fire department gets called to an exploded meth lab containing a few dead bodies and a safe containing $200,000. What do? > Find out whose money it was
by echoangle 2y ago
> > The fire department gets called to an exploded meth lab containing a few dead bodies and a safe containing $200,000. What do?
> Find out whose money it was, and wrap it up in their probate. This should be nothing to do with the police.
The example was a meth lab though and the claim was "This should be nothing to do with the police.". Is operating a meth lab not a crime?
- robertlagrant 2y agoThe context is "what to do with the $200000 we just found", not investigating crimes in general.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> context is "what to do with the $200000 we just found" If literally nobody--including the accused--claims it, it's unclaimed property [1]. [1] https://www.usa.gov/unclaimed-money https://www.usa.gov/unclaimed-money
- Supermancho 2y agoEach state and federal body has process for it. It's not uncommon to encounter unclaimed property (including cash), especially with poorly/inaccurately described bank accounts. eg https://www.fdic.gov/bank-failures/unclaimed-property-information-state https://www.fdic.gov/bank-failures/unclaimed-property-inform... Allowing specific state actors to actively claim these goods via civil forfeiture (and bypass these systems) has always been improper. Law enforcement is untrustworthy in many locales, so this is unsurprising.