In re Approximately $50,000.00 in United States Currency

OPINION

ESPINOSA, Chief Judge.

¶ 1 The state appeals from the trial court’s order granting Guadalupe Mada-Lorta’s (Mada’s) request for the return of approximately $50,000 in cash police had seized from her as the proceeds of illegal drug activities, contending the order must be vacated for lack of jurisdiction. Mada claims this court has no jurisdiction to entertain the state’s appeal because the trial court’s ruling was not an appealable order. We disagree with both contentions but find the trial court erred in ordering the currency returned, apparently on the ground the state had untimely…