Bottini v. Dept. of Finance, Montgomery Co.

Opinion by

Watts, J.

Everyone is familiar with the saying “the money is in the bank.” But we possibly have not considered what this phrase really means and what a bank account actually contains. This case calls upon the Court to address the question of whether the funds in a bank account are “money” for purposes of Maryland’s forfeiture statute, Md. Code Ann., Crim. Proc. *181(2001, 2008 Repl. VoL, 2016 Supp.) (“CP”) §§ 12-101 to 12-505.1 In this case, the answer to that question is determinative of whether the forfeiting authority timely filed a complaint for forfeiture within the deadline set…