Alvarez v. City of Plantation

The City of Plantation seized, under our civil forfeiture law, currency and jewelry owned by petitioner. Alleging that the city is denying her due process rights by improperly delaying post-seizure proceedings, petitioner seeks a writ of prohibition, citing In re Forfeiture of One (1) 1991 Honda Prelude, 730 So.2d 334 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999). In Honda Prelude the fifth district granted a writ of prohibition, concluding that the trial court lacked jurisdiction in a forfeiture case where the government did not file its complaint for forfeiture within forty-five days of seizure. See §§ 932.704 and…