Equitable sharing refers to a controversial practice within California asset forfeiture laws. The practice allows California police to avoid certain state forfeiture laws by handing the seized property over to federal law enforcement agencies. Once this is done, the property gets handled under federal forfeiture laws, which are more relaxed in comparison to California laws. When handed over, a federal agency could sell the property and: local and California state agencies would get 80% of the proceeds, and the federal agency would keep the other 20%.