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  • Forfeitures
    • Cash Seizures
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    • $5,000 CBP Fines Reduced
    • Three Types of Forfeiture
    • 4 Steps After Receiving Notice of Seizure Letter
    • US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Forfeitures
      • Money Seizure FAQs
        • Airport Cash Seizure FAQs
        • CBX Cash Seizure FAQs
        • Failure to File FinCEN Form 105 – Cash Seizure
      • Vehicle Seizure FAQs
      • How Can a Lawyer Get My Property Back from CBP?
    • DEA Forfeitures
      • Airport Cash Seizure FAQs
      • Home Warrant Seizure FAQs
    • HSI Forfeitures
      • How Can a Lawyer Help Get My Property Back from HSI?
    • USPIS Forfeitures
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What If The Cop Did Not Read Me My Miranda Rights? By Daniel Smith

BlogBy San Diego DefendersNovember 12, 2013

I am a San Diego DUI lawyer and I must hear this question every other day! My clients ask me if I can get their case dismissed because the officer did not read them their rights when they were arrested for DUI. The fact of the matter is simply “No, not unless you were under…

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San Diego DUI Lawyer on Legacy of Sheep Skin Diplomas By Daniel Smith

Blog, EducationBy San Diego DefendersOctober 22, 2013

    Tradition and family history comes in different forms that signify something the we, as people, want to pass on to our kids.  Like prayers for God’s blessings,  sheep skin diploma for education, family coats of armor for protection, and so on. The term“ Sheep Skin” I find very unique. How did sheep skin…

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San Diego DUI Lawyer Lectures About Affordable Legal Services by Daniel Smith

Blog, EducationBy San Diego DefendersOctober 7, 2013

In my 24 years practicing DUI and criminal defense, I have found that since about 1998, the internet is where people arrested for DUI look for their attorney. The age old question seems to be whether our future clients search for San Diego DUI Lawyer (since Vista, El Cajon, South Bay, and San Diego Central…

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Attention San Diego Parents – Know your kids friends aren’t into Drug Sales! By Daniel Smith

Blog, EducationBy San Diego DefendersSeptember 22, 2013

I defended a young man on a drug case recently who could have been my son. This young man, let’s call him “Mason”, went to a club in Tijuana to have some fun. He was not yet 21, but he was over 18 which allowed him to go “clubbing” legally in Mexico. Mason had a…

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Mexican Peso Deposit Tax Causing More Money Confiscated and Seized in United States By Daniel Smith

Blog, EducationBy San Diego DefendersAugust 20, 2013

It is the age old dilemma that people, whether Mexican or U.S., don’t trust banks. And if a tax is imposed for depositing money, more mattresses get stuffed and more money is buried in the back yard. That is precisely what is happening in Mexico where the Mexican Government’s “Cash Deposit Tax” levies a 3%…

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Understanding Forfeiture The Government’s Sneaky Money Grab By Daniel Smith

Property SeizureBy San Diego DefendersAugust 20, 2013

The US Government Confiscates about 13 million dollars per Day in Assets by administrative Process, and Many Owners of the seized Property are not Accused of a Crime says www.forfeiture.gov How can the U.S. Government do that is the question being asked by many law abiding citizens whose cash, cars, boats and even houses are taken…

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What does Legal Notice of Seizure and Intent to Forfeit (Non-Cafra) Mean?

BlogBy San Diego DefendersAugust 14, 2013

My client recently handed me a letter from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. I read it and started to give some thought to what a “non-lawyer” would think about all the confusing legal terms, sometimes referred to as legalese. That is, I thought, “what if I got such a…

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US Customs Took My Things, They Took My Stuff! By Daniel Smith

BlogBy San Diego DefendersAugust 12, 2013

This is a phrase that, as a lawyer, I hear from my clients when their money, car, purses, mobile phones, and just about anything is seized at the border or a checkpoint by the Border Patrol or any police agency. It is confusing because the legal term is seized or confiscated by police ( Confiscacion…

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Arrested for Underage Possession of Open Alcohol Beverage or Under 21 Drinking and Driving? By Daniel Smith

Blog, EducationBy San Diego DefendersJune 7, 2013

I am a high school student intern currently working for Attorney Daniel Smith at San Diego Defenders. I had a discussion with Mr. Smith and we soon realized that we constantly hear from parents of kids accused of underage drinking or possession of an open alcoholic beverage in a car. Three out of four high…

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Alcohol and Graduation By Daniel Smith

BlogBy San Diego DefendersJune 6, 2013

It is that time of year when high schools are graduating thousands of new “adults” out into the world.  But remember, you can vote, get drafted and serve on a jury, but, the drinking age is still 21.  Graduates and their parents need to be careful. Don’t drink and drive.  Enough alcohol impairs your ability…

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