[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: 8CFR274.17]

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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. 274.17  Restoration of proceeds or appraised value.

    (a) The regional commissioner shall not grant restoration of 
proceeds of sale or the appraised value of a conveyance placed in 
official use or otherwise disposed of according to law unless the 
petitioner establishes that the petitioner:
    (1) Did not know of the seizure prior to the declaration of 
forfeiture;
    (2) Was in such circumstances as prevented the petitioner from 
knowing thereof; and
    (3) Would otherwise have been granted the relief of remission of 
forfeiture.
    (b) A grant of restoration of proceeds of sale or the appraised 
value of a conveyance placed in official use or otherwise disposed of 
according to law must be conditioned upon:
    (1) Execution of an instrument by the petitioner holding the United 
States, its agents and employees, harmless from all claims which may 
result from the grant of restoration of proceeds of sale or the 
appraised value of a conveyance placed in official use or otherwise 
disposed of according to law; and
    (2) Any other terms or conditions as the regional commissioner 
determines to be appropriate.