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ONE 1983 TOYOTA v. STATE

No. 1202, September Term, 1984.

63 Md. App. 208 (1985)

492 A.2d 643

ONE (1) MOTOR VEHICLE TO WIT: 1983 TOYOTA v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

May 15, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack B. Rubin, Baltimore (Walker, Rubin and Van Bavel, P.A., Baltimore, on the brief), for appellant.

Ann E. Singleton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore (Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen., Kurt L. Schmoke, State's Attorney for Baltimore City and Evelyn O. Darden, Asst. State's Atty. for Baltimore City, Baltimore, on the brief), for appellee.

Argued before GILBERT, C.J., and ROSALYN B. BELL and KARWACKI, JJ.

GILBERT, Chief Judge.

A forfeiture proceeding is an action in rem, i.e., against the thing. It is civil in nature for the obvious reason that "the thing" cannot commit a crime. Director of Finance v. Cole, 296 Md. 607, 618-19, 465 A.2d 450, 457 (1983); Prince George's County v. Blue Bird Cab Co., 263 Md. 655, 658-59, 284 A.2d 203<...

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