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So, the state seizes your property over what's presumably illegal behavior on your part, and it is not considered a criminal case? Isn't civil law about dispute

So, the state seizes your property over what's presumably illegal behavior on your part, and it is not considered a criminal case? Isn't civil law about disputes between individuals as opposed as individual vs the state? Should it be allowed for the police to bring up a civil lawsuit?

smsm42 12y ago
The state can bring civil lawsuits. In fact, many agencies like EPA or Attorney General do that all the time.
- jeffdavis 12y ago
  In my opinion, you should be provided an attorney in those cases, as well.
  - couchand 12y ago
    To be clear, the vast, vast majority of such cases are against corporations, not individuals.
    - jeffdavis 12y ago
      Perhaps today, that's true. Five years from now, civil trials, where one party is the government, might be used regularly as a way to circumvent the protections afforded criminal defendants.