State ex rel. Fuhr v. Carrier

I dissent. Section 195.145.1 in relevant part provides “any peace officer of the state, upon making or attempting to make an arrest for a violation of this law, shall seize any such vehicle....” However, I do not believe the section must be read literally to require that the identical peace officer who arrests a suspect must personally seize a vehicle used in violation of § 195.025.

Applicable principles to be observed in construing this statute have received the following expression. “To this purpose, the court considers a particular statute together with related statutes which may shed light…