Asset Forfeiture Funds (Riverside County Sheriff)

Dear Joey Scott:

Thank you for submitting a request for public records to Riverside County Sheriff's Department. Your request was received in this office on 1/31/2025 and given the reference number C000195-013125 for tracking purposes.
Records Requested: " To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

- Any accounting records or statistics on seized real estate, vehicles, firearms, funds in bank accounts, and seizures made by the department, as well as seizures made by federal authorities where the department receives a share under the MOUs the department has in place with numerous agencies describing how assets are to be divided.

- Records and data that outlines what was purchased using money from the fund, including dates, descriptions, and total spent.

- Any annual reports produced civil asset forfeiture program.

- Documents showing the balance of any funds currently in the department Civil Asset Forfeiture fund.

-A list of all items seized through civil asset forfeiture and retained for use by the department

- Sales of non-monetary assets, receipts of sale for vehicles, or the destruction of other non-monetary assets

-Please also include any information relating to contested seizures. This request does not include court documents for individual forfeiture cases.

The period for this request is for the last 10 years.

Preferably released in .CSV form when possible

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Joey Scott

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Pursuant to California Government Code § 7922.535, staff will review your request and respond within 10 days to notify you if there are responsive records, or if an extension is necessary to determine if responsive records exist.  If your request was received after business hours or on a weekend or holiday, the next business day will be considered the date of receipt. The 10-day response period starts with the first calendar day after the date of receipt. (Civ. Code § 10.)  You may be contacted by the department if there are questions regarding your request.

PLEASE NOTE: The California Public Records Act (CPRA) does not require a governmental body to create new information, to do legal research, or to answer questions.

You can monitor the progress of your request at the link below and you'll receive an email when your request has been completed. Again, thank you for using the Records Request System.
Riverside County Sheriff's Department

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RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST of January 31, 2025., Reference # C000195-013125.

Dear Joey Scott,

The Riverside County Sheriff's Office received a CA Public Record Act request from you on January 31, 2025. Your request is set forth below:
"To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

- Any accounting records or statistics on seized real estate, vehicles, firearms, funds in bank accounts, and seizures made by the department, as well as seizures made by federal authorities where the department receives a share under the MOUs the department has in place with numerous agencies describing how assets are to be divided.

- Records and data that outlines what was purchased using money from the fund, including dates, descriptions, and total spent.

- Any annual reports produced civil asset forfeiture program.

- Documents showing the balance of any funds currently in the department Civil Asset Forfeiture fund.

-A list of all items seized through civil asset forfeiture and retained for use by the department

- Sales of non-monetary assets, receipts of sale for vehicles, or the destruction of other non-monetary assets

-Please also include any information relating to contested seizures. This request does not include court documents for individual forfeiture cases.

The period for this request is for the last 10 years.

Preferably released in .CSV form when possible

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Joey Scott

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This is to inform you that the Riverside County Sheriff's Office is not the holder of the records that you seek.  Please contact the County of Riverside, Risk Assessment Office via telephone at 951-955-1000 or in writing at 4080 Lemon Street, Riverside, CA 92501.

Please consider this CPRA request closed.

Sincerely,

Corr. Sergeant Ramo Griffin
CPRA Unit
Riverside County Sheriff's Office