Maybe they THOUGHT drugs were involved.
“I cant believe that this is legal.”
It is not, it is unconstitutional because there is no due process and it presumes guilt. A computer just does it automatically without any court process or chance to defend yourself. There are no judges or legal due process involved at all.
I had it happen to me. And they came and took it out of my account in another state. There are several cases where they are now doing this automatically without due process.
1. They presume you owe any sales taxes collected from customers through your business whether you did or not. You are automatically guilty and they bill you an estimated amount and take it directly from your account anywhere in the U.S. you have funds.
2. They presume you owe any State income taxes to the state of Ca. whether you do or not.
3. If they have an automobile in their system that has expired registration they automatically take out the fees and fines to bring it up to date as registered. Even if it has been relocated to another state and registered in another state. If they still have it in their computer they will take the fees.
Note about #3, they will NOT take it out of their system. It took me three years to have them take a vehicle out of their system after I moved to Az. They completely ignored all my efforts and proof that it was no longer in Ca. and had been registered in another state for years. They sent me re-registration bills with fines for three years anyhow. Now they have a computer that just automatically hits your bank for these re-registration fees whether you even owe them or not.
It is completely unconstitutional. You are presumed guilty, no court process, no judge, they do not serve you, and you have no chance to defend yourself before the action is taken, and a computer just goes and takes your money. This really needs to be addressed.
Auto registration “issues” and related taxes and fees are very common—and probably the most likely scenario.
Maybe they THOUGHT drugs were involved.