SUBCHAPTER C
LOSS OF PROPERTY RIGHTS
Sec.
3141. General rule.
3142. Process and seizure (Repealed).
3143. Custody of property (Repealed).
3144. Disposal of property(Repealed).
Enactment. Subchapter C was added November 29, 2006, P.L.1567, No.178, effective January 1, 2007.
Special Provisions in Appendix. See the preamble to Act 178 of 2006 in the appendix to this title for special provisions
relating to legislative intent.
§ 3141. General rule.
A person:
(1) convicted under section 3121 (relating to rape), 3122.1 (relating to statutory sexual
assault), 3123 (relating to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse), 3124.1 (relating
to sexual assault), 3125 (relating to aggravated indecent assault) or 3126 (relating
to indecent assault); or
(2) required to register with the Pennsylvania State Police under 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 97 Subch.
H (relating to registration of sexual offenders) or I (relating to continued registration
of sexual offenders);
may be required to forfeit property rights in any property or assets used to implement
or facilitate commission of the crime or crimes of which the person has been convicted.
The forfeiture shall be conducted in accordance with 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 5803 (relating
to asset forfeiture), 5805 (relating to forfeiture procedure), 5806 (relating to motion
for return of property), 5807 (relating to restrictions on use), 5807.1 (relating
to prohibition on adoptive seizures) and 5808 (relating to exceptions).
(Dec. 20, 2011, P.L.446, No.111, eff. one year; June 29, 2017, P.L.247, No.13, eff.
July 1, 2017; Feb. 21, 2018, P.L.27, No.10, eff. imd.; June 12, 2018, P.L.140, No.29,
eff. imd.)
2018 Amendment. Act 29 reenacted section 3141.
Cross References. Section 3141 is referred to in section 5803 of Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure).
Notes of Decisions
Commonwealth of PA v. One (1) 1992 Volkswagen Passat -- Appeal of: J. Kokinda, No. 40 C.D. 2016 (Pa. Commw. Ct. Jan. 10, 2018).
· cites it 9× “, Judge OPINION NOT REPORTED MEMORANDUM OPINION BY JUDGE McCULLOUGH FILED: January 10, 2018 Jason Kokinda (Kokinda) appeals, pro se, from the September 18, 2015 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County (trial court), which granted the forfeiture petition of the…”
Com. v. Kitko, W., No. 748 WDA 2017 (Pa. Super. Ct. May 29, 2018).
· cites it 3× “The lower Court erred or abused its discretion by ruling or finding that the provisions of 18 Pa.C.S. § 3141 were binding or relevant to a proceeding under Pa.”
Com. v. Howland, A., No. 1047 MDA 2022 (Pa. Super. Ct. Feb. 14, 2023).
· cites it 2× “18 Pa.C.S. § 3141. -4- J-S44042-22 two had met on the Internet, the Defendant had picked the child up in the middle of the night without the parent’s permission, drove back to Lancaster, PA in his black Nissan Rogue and rented a hotel room for the pair.”
Com. v. Tokarcik, R., No. 993 WDA 2020 (Pa. Super. Ct. Oct. 12, 2021).
· cites it 2× “Section 3141 provides that a defendant convicted of certain offenses under Chapter 31 of the Crimes Code “may be required to forfeit property rights in any property or assets used to implement or facilitate commission of the crime or crimes of which the person has been convicted.”
Com. v. Rodenius, T., No. 147 WDA 2014 (Pa. Super. Ct. June 12, 2015).
· cites it 3× “The Commonwealth, in its appellate brief, identified 18 Pa.C.S. § 3141 as the basis for forfeiture.”
18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3141(2): 1 case
Commonwealth of PA v. One (1) 1992 Volkswagen Passat -- Appeal of: J. Kokinda, No. 40 C.D. 2016 (Pa. Commw. Ct. Jan. 10, 2018).
“, Judge OPINION NOT REPORTED MEMORANDUM OPINION BY JUDGE McCULLOUGH FILED: January 10, 2018 Jason Kokinda (Kokinda) appeals, pro se, from the September 18, 2015 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County (trial court), which granted the forfeiture petition of the…”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.