What happens when police make an arrest and find large sums of money, can it be donated to an organization?
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Depends on the nature of possession. In case of stolen funds, they go back to the- victim. If it's an illegally earned capital, it goes to the state treasury and then back into the money supply.
No, these funds cannot be donated.
It is booked into evidence, to be used at trial.
Thereafter, it is used to fund wild police orgies. Yahoo!
it is kept for evidence and then split up between feds, St. and local pd
Assuming that the money is being found in the private possession of the arrestee...NO. Arrest does not void property rights. Needs to be proven that the money was illegally obtained.
They try to find the rightful owner but if it's DRUG money, kiss it bye bye.
If it is found while a criminal act has been performed and you were charged, They confiscate it.
It becomes evidence, after which it is the property of the states to do with whatever they want.
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