A vehicle used to flee from police after committing a robbery would be an example of:

• A. Innocent owner property
• B. Per se contraband
• C. Derivative contraband
• D. Exempt property

Answer: (C)

The main idea is that property used to facilitate or derive from a crime can be forfeited as derivative contraband. A vehicle used to flee after a robbery was instrumental in the crime, helping the offender escape. It’s not inherently illegal to own a vehicle, so it isn’t per se contraband, and it isn’t exempt property. It also isn’t simply innocent owner property because its use was tied directly to committing the robbery. So the vehicle fits derivative contraband—the instrumentality of a crime that can be forfeited.