Legal Opinion

TSU v. Montgomery County

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided October 5, 2009No. 1562, Sept. Term, 2008Published

1Opinion of the CourtMoylan, J.

If $71,777 in eminently forfeitable cash has been sitting, since April 20, 2006, in legal limbo in the vaults of the appellee, Montgomery County, the appellants, Jeff Lien Tsu and Yuan Cheng, have done the County yeoman service by causing to be made consummate a forfeiture that had arguably been theretofore only inchoate.

The $71,777 in cash is what the case law refers to as “derivative contraband.” In Director of Finance v. Cole, 296 Md. 607, 619, 465 A.2d 450 (1983), the Court of Appeals explained the term:

The items proceeded against in a forfeiture proceeding are characterized, at least for…

2Cases cited13 opinions

Prince George's County v. Blue Bird Cab Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1971
Director of Fin., Pr. Geo's Co. v. ColeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1983
United States Coin & Currency in the Amount of $21,162.00 v. Director of FinanceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1977
Bozman v. Office of Fin., Balto. Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1983
Commercial Credit Corp. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1970

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