A Parcel of Real Property & the Contents Thereof Located at 7335 N.W. 52nd Court v. Michigan ex rel. O'Hair

WARNER, Judge.

We grant the petition for writ of certio-rari and quash the order granting a stay of proceedings and continuing a lis pendens against Florida property.

The State of Michigan filed a complaint for forfeiture of a parcel of Florida property, relying upon section 932.701(2)(f), Florida Statutes (1989), and recorded a lis pen-dens on the property. The petitioner herein filed a motion to dismiss on the ground that the statutory forfeiture covers only illegal actions committed in the State of Florida and can only be brought by a Florida seizing agency. While the trial court agreed with…