I've been told by reputable legal authority the same is true for Colorado, namely, that if a person's firearm is ever seized in an arrest on suspicion of a crime, that's the last time you'll ever see it. They can hold it forever.
Not that it's right... Unfortunately, the Fourth amendment failed to mention anything about returning property in a timely manner, once seized. It should be amended to read: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. All real and personal property thus seized must be remanded to the person from whom they were seized within 30 days after charges are dropped, within 30 days of the person's release if no charges are filed within that time."
An arrest, particularly a wrongful for unlawful arrest, should NEVER constitute sufficient grounds for failing to remand property back to its rightful owner.
