The SCM Fund will be distributed to Settlement Class Members who submitted timely, valid Claim and Release Forms. The payments to Settlement Class Members who submitted timely, valid Claim and Release Forms shall be determined and paid according to the following formula:
Each member of the Vehicle Forfeiture Class whose vehicle was held more than 30 days will receive for each compensable over-detention day (that is, for each day after the first 30 day grace period) $30 if their vehicle was a standard vehicle or $50 if their vehicle was a specialty vehicle (as classified by Plaintiffs’ expert based on rental car industry classifications), except that no Vehicle Forfeiture Class member whose vehicle was held more than 30 days will receive less than $250, regardless of vehicle type and number of detention days, subject to adjustment as described below.
Each member of the Vehicle Forfeiture Class (1) whose vehicle was held more than 15 but less than 30 days; and (2) whose vehicle was not classified as evidence in the District’s EvidenceOnQ database will receive a flat payment of $250, regardless of vehicle type and regardless of the number of detention days, subject to adjustment as described below.
Each member of the Vehicle Forfeiture Class may receive lower amounts. The portion of the SCM Fund set aside for the Vehicle Forfeiture Class shall be distributed according to the number of valid and timely Claim and Release Forms received. The amounts to be paid to members of the Vehicle Forfeiture Class (not including Class Representatives) will be adjusted if the amount to be awarded to the Vehicle Forfeiture Class based on valid Claims exceeds $1,720,637.94. In that event, the payments to members of the Vehicle Forfeiture Class will be adjusted on a pro-rated basis among valid claimants, which will result in payments lower than those set forth above.
*Amounts were adjusted because the valid Claims exceeded the allocated amounts. Accordingly, the payments to members of the Vehicle Class were adjusted on a pro-rata basis resulting in a payment lower than originally estimated.*
Each Forfeiture Notice Class Member whose money was seized during the Class Period (and not returned by the District) will receive 75% of the amount seized by the District for forfeiture, subject to adjustment as described below.
Each member of the Forfeiture Notice Class may receive lower amounts. The portion of the SCM Fund set aside for the Forfeiture Notice Class shall be distributed according to the number of valid and timely Claim and Release Forms received. The amounts to be paid to members of the Forfeiture Notice Class (not including Class Representatives) will be adjusted if the amount to be awarded based on valid Claims exceeds $200,000. In that event, the payments to members of the Forfeiture Notice Class will be adjusted on a pro-rated basis among valid claimants, which will result in payments lower than those set forth above.
*Amounts were adjusted because the valid Claims exceeded the allocated amounts. Accordingly, the payments to members of the Forfeiture/Money Class were adjusted on a pro-rata basis resulting in a payment lower than originally estimated.*
Whether a Claim was valid or not depended in part on authenticating your identity according to a review of the relevant records of the D.C. Property Clerk. The proper and complete execution of your Claim and Release Form was very important to that process because it assisted in finding you in the D.C. records. If you could not be located in the relevant records, your Claim was not able to be verified, and you therefore will not be paid.
You may choose among the following three payment methods: (1) a check sent by mail; (2) an ATM card sent by mail; and (3) an electronic payment (“e-payment”) sent online using an e-payment provider or direct bank deposits. Settlement checks will be void if not cashed within ten months and amounts remaining on ATM cards after ten months and electronic payments not activated within ten months will be forfeited. You must have a bank account to receive an electronic payment and you will need to provide your bank account number and routing number.