Sandidge v. State ex rel. City of Oviedo ex rel. Oviedo Police Department

McFERRIN SMITH, Associate Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of forfeiture by the Circuit Court of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit. The trial court forfeited to the Police Department of the City of Oviedo appellant’s automobile and $1,326.11 in cash.

The central issue of this appeal is whether the State failed to follow the requirements of Florida Statute 932.704(1) by not “promptly” proceeding to seek forfeiture of the automobile and cash.

Appellant was arrested on April 16,1981, for a criminal traffic offense. During a valid inventory search of his vehicle, cocaine was found. Appellant was…