attorney in San Francisco California I’m a certified specialist in criminal law and today we’re going to be talking some of the risks involved in leasing or renting your real property to a medical marijuana dispensary or a marijuana growing operation so even though medical marijuana is now legal in California it is still as we know illegal pursuant to the federal government so will the federal government bother you if you rent or lease your place to a medical marijuana dispensary or grow house the
answer is maybe if your if your dispensary or your property is located near a school where children are that’s gonna raise the suspicion and worry of the federal government and they will scrutinize the building and the medical marijuana business more closely also you have to be careful who you are renting or leasing the property to if they have any sort of criminal background or associated with criminal people and if the proceeds for the medical marijuana are going in any way shape or form to
criminal activities that’s going to raise the interest of the federal government and make them more likely to come in and and give you problems now how can they give you problems they certainly can prosecute the dispensary or the marijuana growers for breaking federal law and then grab the property because it is related to the criminal prosecution but they don’t even have to go that far through civil forfeiture proceedings as long as the property is substantially related to criminal activity they can
come in the federal government can come in and take the property and I mean take it and never give it back to you and it’s a very low threshold for them to to show that a a property is associated substantially with criminal activity if they’re growing and selling marijuana on the property so you have to be careful who you are renting or leasing the property if you have any questions about leasing or renting your property to a medical marijuana dispensary or to a grower please call me and we’ll set up a free
consultation our phone number here at the morales law firm is for one five five five two one two one five
Risks in Leasing Your Real Property to a Medical Marijuana Dispensary
Criminal Defense Attorney – Christopher Morales
Practice Area: The San Francisco Bay Area, California
Call us today for a free consultation (415) 552-1215 (Se Habla Español)
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