{"id":63534,"date":"2026-03-12T13:26:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63534"},"modified":"2026-03-12T13:26:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:26:02","slug":"d-ariz-pc-for-forfeiture-is-similar-to-pc-for-a-warrant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63534","title":{"rendered":"D.Ariz.: PC for forfeiture is similar to PC for a warrant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Probable cause for forfeiture is similar to probable cause for a warrant. United States v. Tetherus, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49868 (D. Ariz. Mar. 11, 2026)*:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The standard of probable cause to support forfeiture is similar to that required to obtain a search warrant.&#8221; United States v. Real Property 874 Gartel Drive, Walnut, Cal., 79 F.3d 918, 922 (9th Cir. 1996) (citing United States v. One 56-Foot Motor Yacht Named Tahuna, 702 F.2d 1276, 1281 (9th Cir. 1983)). &#8220;The government need prove only that it had reasonable grounds to believe that the property was involved in the alleged offenses, &#8216;supported by less that prima facie proof but more than mere suspicion,&#8217; and that belief may be supported by hearsay evidence.&#8221; Id. (quoting Yacht Named Tahuna, 702 F.2d at 1283). A magistrate judge&#8217;s &#8220;determination of probable cause should be paid great deference by reviewing courts,&#8221; and a court must not &#8220;invalidate the warrant by interpreting the affidavit in a hypertechnical, rather than a commonsense, manner.&#8221; United States v. King, 985 F.3d 702, 707 (9th Cir. 2021) (quoting Illinois v. Gates, 462 U.S. 213, 236 (1983), and United States v. Ventresca, 380 U.S. 102, 109 (1965)).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Probable cause for forfeiture is similar to probable cause for a warrant. United States v. Tetherus, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49868 (D. Ariz. Mar. 11, 2026)*:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forfeiture","category-probable-cause"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63535,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63534\/revisions\/63535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}