Labels:book | reckoner | sky | tree OCR: ernment's action to recover forfeiture or penalty simply becausc the government's own agents did not move with sufficient dispat tch on its behalf wthin the time allowed the statute of limitations Finally, construction 10 U.S.C. 1602 1604 that supported dismissal of forfe iture action would cre- ate 'incentives ta investigate possible violations of the law with undue haste to the disad vantage of both the property owner and the government. See Laurerti, 581 F.2d 43-44 : United States Lova SCO, 431 U.S 793 That result he espocially unj justi- fied where, as here, the property in question was not seized prior to commeneement of the forfeiture pro- ceedings, and the owner thereforc suffered no preju- dice and had no substantial countervailing equities during any period of pre-filing delay The ...