PUBLIC NOTICE

 

Office of the

Cochise County Attorney

P.O. Drawer CA

Bisbee, Arizona 85603

Telephone Number: (520) 432-8700

By:   David R. Pardee, #006426

Deputy County Attorney

Attorneys for the STATE

 

NOTICE OF PENDING FORFEITURE MAKING UNCONTESTED FORFEITURE AVAILABLE

(Bisbee Police Department DR2009-4675)

 

IN RE:

 

1993 WHITE FORD EXPLORER,

ARIZONA LICENSE NUMBER VXG6895,

VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 1FMDU34XXPUD27485

 

TO:  ALL PERSONS CLAIMING TO BE AN OWNER OF OR INTEREST HOLDER IN ANY OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED ABOVE

 

   YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE that the State of Arizona claims that the property described above is forfeited to the State of Arizona pursuant to A.R.S. §§13-2314(G)(3), 13-3413(A)(3),  and 13-4301, et seq.  The property was physically seized on August 26, 2009.  The property was seized for forfeiture on August 21, 2009.  If you have not previously received notice of its seizure for forfeiture, pursuant to A.R.S. §13-4306(C), then this is such notice.

 

   The Attorney for the State has chosen to make uncontested forfeiture available pursuant to A.R.S. §13-4309.  Any person claiming to be an owner or interest holder in any of the subject property, and who contests the forfeiture, must, within thirty-five (35) days of publication of this notice, either (a) submit a petition for remission or mitigation to the State’s attorney, or (b) file a claim with the Court.  You should not both submit a petition and file a claim at the same time.  But if you do not timely either submit a petition or file a claim, then all of your interests in the subject property will be forfeited.

 

   Any petition submitted and any claim filed, must comply with the requirements of A.R.S. §13-4311(E) and (F).

     


 

   Any Petition must be mailed to the Attorney for the State:

 

Cochise County Attorney’s Office

Attn:  David R. Pardee, Deputy County Attorney

P.O. Drawer CA

Bisbee, Arizona 85603

 

   Any claim must be filed in either the Cochise County Justice Court, Precinct Number Three, or in the Cochise County Superior Court, using the caption on this Notice.  A copy of the claim must be sent to the Attorney for the State at the address stated above and to the seizing agency:  Bisbee Police Department, #1 Highway 92, Bisbee, Arizona 85603.

 

   An owner of or interest holder in the property may obtain the release of seized property by posting with the Attorney for the State a surety bond or cash in an amount equal to the full fair market value of the property as determined by the Attorney for the State under A.R.S. §13-4306(G), except in some circumstances.  If you post a bond or cash in lieu of the property, then the bond or cash and not the property will be subject to forfeiture.  If you wish to post a bond or cash in lieu of the property, you should contact the Attorney for the State named above.

 

DATED: September 22, 2009.

 

COCHISE COUNTY ATTORNEY

 

By:   /s/David R. Pardee

         David R. Pardee

         Deputy County Attorney