On Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:34:12 -0600, "David R. Birch"
wrote:


Assuming you find such a device on your vehicle, what are the potential
legal consequences to you if said device were to find its way onto
another vehicle?

David

Theoretically, of course...

It's your vehicle, and by legal extension everything attached to it is
yours. Assuming you don't find a tag on the tracking bug saying
"Property of the FBI, Please return to..." (or DEA, or Your Friendly
Local Police Dept.) I would consider it a gift.

Pull the batteries and see how much you can get for it on eBay. And
if the auction gets any attention in the media I'll betcha the bidding
gets rather vigorous - them puppies ain't cheap.

The Feds have to follow the same laws as everyone else, they can't
just mail you a Free Transistor Radio (or stick it under your car...)
then a month later send you a bill for it - there is case law in place
that if you didn't order it, or sign something on receipt
acknowledging that you owe them money for it, it was a Gift pure and
simple.

(Of course, common law doesn't mean borscht if the Judge chooses to
ignore it, but that assumes you have actually been doing something
wrong and they can convince the judge. And that part's beyond the
scope of your question, so we'll just assume you're being a model Boy
Scout.)

-- Bruce --