In re United States Currency in the Amount of $315,900.00

OPINION

PELANDER, Judge.

This is an appeal from the trial court’s civil in rem order, entered following a contested evidentiary hearing, forfeiting to the state $313,5001 in currency found within appellant’s vehicle in close proximity to illegal drugs. Appellant presents several issues for review, including whether the inference supporting probable cause for forfeiture under A.R.S. § 13-4305(B),2 as applied by the trial court, is unconstitutional or otherwise impermissible under the facts of this case. For the reasons stated below, we reverse and remand on that ground with directions to dismiss…