[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR274.12]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
CHAPTER I--IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 274--SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE OF CONVEYANCES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 274.12  Judicial forfeiture.

    If the appraised value of a seized conveyance exceeds the monetary 
amount set forth in title 19 U.S.C. 1607, or a claim and a bond have 
been filed for a seized conveyance with an appraised value that does not 
exceed the monetary amount set forth in title 19 U.S.C. 1607, as 
provided in Sec. 274.10(a) of this part, the regional commissioner shall 
transmit the claim and bond, as well as a copy of the advertisement as 
provided in Sec. 274.9 of this part and a complete statement of the 
facts and circumstances surrounding the seizure to the United States 
Attorney for the federal judicial district in which the conveyance was 
seized for commencement of judicial forfeiture proceedings pursuant to 
section 274(b) of the Act and this part.

[53 FR 43187, Oct. 26, 1988, as amended at 56 FR 8686, Mar. 1, 1991]