Many clients ask us at the Forfeiture Law Firm of San Diego Defenders if they will be charged if they try to get their vehicle back after CBP impounds the car on suspicion of alien smuggling. If they were not charged at the time CBP detained them, we have never seen the US Customs come…
DetailsWhen your car is seized and impounded by U.S. Customs & Border Patrol because they detained you or your family for suspicion of alien smuggling, you will receive a letter in the mail. The Notice of Seizure and Information to Claimants will include an Election of Proceedings. How do you want to try getting your…
DetailsHere are some examples of rejection and denial of a Petition 5 to 9 months after our clients ignored our advice to NOT file a petition if they wanted to save money and get their vehicle back ASAP after the CBP impounded their car. It is too common that young adults get the car taken…
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At San Diego Defenders Forfeiture Law Firm, we get a LOT of calls from people who want to get their car back from CBP after it is seized. Then there are some that called us months earlier for information. Then they file a Petition that is REJECTED 5 months later and scream for help! Or…
DetailsCustoms Notice of Seizure Letter Says Send CBP Certified Check for APV Value To Return Car? Our San Diego Defenders’ Forfeiture Law Firm gets calls every week. “The Customs letter says I just have to pay the APV value of the vehicle and I can get it back this weekend, right”? That can be a…
DetailsDMV IID Rules and Driver’s License Suspensions As with all things DMV, when someone gets a first-time DUI, the rules about your license being suspended and getting an Ignition Interlock Device (IID) are simply stupid and illogical. Here’s how it works. After your arrest and usually, well before your court case is concluded, you have…
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Letter “Notice of Seizure and Information to Claimants Non-Cafra Form” What? Loaned your vehicle to a friend or family member and did not get it back, but got this Notice of Seizure Letter? Don’t ignore it, you may need legal help to get it back by petition or claim or the Government, usually, US Customs…
DetailsUS Customs Seized Money Going Into Mexico for Failure to Report $10,000,00? The Customs Agent exclaimed “More Money for Overtime!” The U.S. Customs and Border has started to ask US citizens (and Visa holders) “how much money do you have on you today? In this case, my client was scheduled to have a surgical procedure,…
Details“Qualified Immunity” As Real Change In The Wake Of George Floyd Rioting! Ratings versus Reality. It seems that all TV media wants to do, when talking about the George Floyd public outcry, is to bring on TV pundits that support dismantling of the police force or stick with the status quo. What? Would you feel…
DetailsWill I Have a Public Defender for Misdemeanor DUI? And the DMV? COVID-19 had changed everything…for a while. Your first court date is going to be set out way more than the usual 30 days because the courts are closed and we are doing most court appearances via teleconferencing and video conferencing with the San…
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