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Mailbox Rule Applied To Administrative Forfeiture Proceeding

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2004 by Bob Williams published in Prison Legal News August, 2004, page 35
Filed under: Forfeiture, Mail, Mail Regulations. Location: Pennsylvania.
Mailbox Rule Applied To Administrative
Forfeiture Proceeding

by Bob Williams


In a case of first impression, the Third Circuit has held that the mailbox rule applies to administrative forfeiture proceedings. The Court also held that the failure to apply the mailbox rule rendered the forfeiture voidable, rather than void, enhancing ...

 

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