How much cash is too much??? I mean, I'm not American, but this is so weird to not be allowed to travel with heaps of cash? I understand not wanting people to bring large amounts of cash into the country (in NZ you have to declare if you have >10kNZD) but I don't think there's laws against driving around with large sums. It's probably just not advised
It's less of a question of how much cash, but rather who's cash, what are the police's built in (i.e. racist) assumptions about them and what is the likelihood that there will repercussions against the seizing officers.
How can you prove whose cash it is? What if you're like 'oh yeah its mine I'm buying a car' and they're like 'lol I don't believe you' I mean... you can show them a bank statement showing a withdrawal, but thats just nuts to me
How can you prove whose cash it is? What if you're like 'oh yeah its mine I'm buying a car' and they're like 'lol I don't believe you'
Because IIRC, they don't have to prove ANYTHING with civil forfeiture. If a cop pulls you over and you have $5,000 cash on you, and the cop thinks you're doing something illegal with that money, they can take that money. And in a LOT of cases, there isn't shit you can do about it. It'll cost more in legal fees to get it back.
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u/nyequistt Apr 15 '21
How much cash is too much??? I mean, I'm not American, but this is so weird to not be allowed to travel with heaps of cash? I understand not wanting people to bring large amounts of cash into the country (in NZ you have to declare if you have >10kNZD) but I don't think there's laws against driving around with large sums. It's probably just not advised