{"id":358,"date":"2016-09-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baronedefensefirm.lawblogger.net\/blog\/innocent-owner-defense-doesnt-apply-dui-car-forfeiture\/"},"modified":"2022-10-04T13:41:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T17:41:16","slug":"innocent-owner-defense-doesnt-apply-dui-car-forfeiture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/innocent-owner-defense-doesnt-apply-dui-car-forfeiture\/","title":{"rendered":"Innocent Owner Defense Doesn\u2019t Apply to DUI Car Forfeiture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan law provides that drivers convicted of drunk driving can have their cars forfeited.\u00a0 This means that upon conviction the state can take the convicted drunk driver\u2019s car.\u00a0 In those cases where the car was used without the permission or knowledge of the owner the \u201cinnocent owner\u201d defense would apply.\u00a0 If successful this defense would keep the state from grabbing the car.<\/p>\n<p>The Minnesota courts have significantly lessened the applicability of this defense.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Newspaper.com, the Minnesota Supreme Court recently upheld the right of police to confiscate vehicles from owners who have done nothing wrong. The decision narrowed the applicability of an \u201cinnocent owner\u201d defense in cases where a vehicle is jointly owned. The high court considered the case of David and Jean Margaret Laase whose then-brand new 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe was confiscated in 2006.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/innocent-owner-defense-doesnt-apply-dui-car-forfeiture\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Innocent Owner Defense Doesn\u2019t Apply to DUI Car Forfeiture\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan law provides that drivers convicted of drunk driving can have their cars forfeited.\u00a0 This means that upon conviction the state can take the convicted drunk driver\u2019s car.\u00a0 In those cases where the car was used without the permission or knowledge of the owner the \u201cinnocent owner\u201d defense would apply.\u00a0 If successful this defense would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dui-penalties","category-dui-stops"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Innocent Owner Defense Doesn\u2019t Apply to DUI Car Forfeiture<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The state can take a convicted drunk driver\u2019s car. 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