IN RE FORFEITURE OF ONE 1988 BLACK CHEV.

No. 39704-4-1.

963 P.2d 187 (1997)

In re the FORFEITURE OF ONE 1988 BLACK CHEVROLET CORVETTE AUTOMOBILE, WA LIC. # 570DCE, VIN NO. 1G1YY3189J5105635. Joel RAE, Appellant, v. James I. SCHARF, Sheriff, and the Snohomish County Sheriffs Office, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

As Amended on Denial of Reconsideration June 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark David Mestel, Mestel & Muenster, Everett, for Appellant.

Edward E. Stemler, Snohomish County Prosecutor's Office, Everett, for Respondent.


GROSSE, Judge.

Under the drug forfeiture provisions of RCW 69.50, a hearing on the forfeiture of personal property must be commenced within a reasonable time after a claimant notifies the agency that has seized the property of a claim of ownership and right to possession. The applicable provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) require that hearing commence within 90 days, RCW 34.05.419, and further provide that the hearing commences when the agency or...

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