11.   The burden then shifts to the property owner to prove that the seized property was not illegally used or acquired.

12.   The initiative would send the forfeited money to a statewide school fund and require court orders to turn seized property and cash over to a federal agency.

13.   The initiative sends the forfeited money to a statewide school fund and requires court orders to turn seized property and cash over to a federal agency.

14.   The law also will allow some defendants to have court-appointed lawyers, and it holds federal agents responsible for damage to seized property.

15.   The law requires an auction of any seized property other than cash.

16.   The plan aims to preserve neighborhoods, keep properties on the tax rolls and save the city the cost of managing what would otherwise become seized property.

17.   The overwhelming majority of seized properties are associated with drug cases.

18.   When police seize money, they avoid taking it to state courts because most states have passed laws barring seized property from going directly back to police.

19.   British Foreign Office Minister Tony Lloyd said the program failed to meet conditions that would allow Britain to contribute aid toward the resettlement of landless blacks on seized properties.

20.   Even seized property can make money for its expropriated owners.