In Re Property Seized From Williams

Appellant Lula M. Williams challenges an order in an in rem forfeiture proceeding granting the State’s request to forfeit $7,559.39 in cash that was seized from Williams’s home during the execution of a search warrant. Williams contends the forfeiture should be reversed because (1) the district court did not have jurisdiction to hear the matter, as the hearing was not held within sixty days of the service of the complaint in accordance with the provisions of Iowa Code section 809A.13 (1999); 1 (2) the State failed to show good cause for holding the hearing some two hundred and fifty-three…