<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wikisource has original text related to this article: United States v. $124,700 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wikisource has original text related to this article: United States v. $124,700 </Td> </Tr> <P> United States of America v. $124,700 in U.S. Currency, 05 - 3295 (8th Cir. 2006), was a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit that was handed down on August 18, 2006 . </P> <P> The form of the styling of this case--the defendant being an object, rather than a legal person--is because this is a jurisdiction in rem (power over objects) case, rather than the more familiar in personam (over persons) case . In current US legal practice, in rem is most widely used in the area of asset forfeiture, frequently in relation to controlled substances offenses . In rem forfeiture cases allow property (in this case, $124,700 in cash) to be directly sued by and forfeited to the government, without either just compensation or the possessor (and presumptive owner) being convicted of a crime . </P>

United states v. seventeen thousand nine hundred dollars in united states currency