Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team v. Junction City Lots 1 Through 12 Inclusive, Block 35

*1229 *657 ¶ 1 This case involves Washington's civil forfeiture statute and the scope of the attorney fees provision where the claimant is the substantially prevailing party. The forfeiture statute allows law enforcement agencies to seize and take ownership of property that has a sufficient factual nexus to certain controlled substance violations. RCW 69.50.505. However, if someone claims the property and law enforcement cannot prove that forfeiture is authorized, then the claimant is entitled to have the property returned and to receive "reasonable attorneys' fees reasonably incurred by the…