[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: 8CFR274.3]

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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. 274.3  Custody and duties of custodian.

    Any conveyance seized pursuant to section 274(b) of the Act and this 
part shall be stored in a location designated by the custodian. The 
custodian is to receive and maintain in storage all conveyances seized 
and all conveyances forfeited pursuant to section 274(b) of the Act and 
this part. After the custodian is notified that all proceedings, 
administrative or judicial, have been completed and that all petitions 
for relief from forfeiture have been finally

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adjudicated, a conveyance is available for disposition according to law. 
The custodian is authorized to dispose of any conveyances pursuant to 
section 274(b) of the Act and any other applicable statutes or 
regulations relative to disposal; and to perform other duties, not 
inconsistent with the provisions of the Act, regarding seized and 
forfeited conveyances and the proceeds of sales thereof, as are imposed 
on the U.S. Customs Service with respect to seizures under the Customs 
statutes, including the maintenance of appropriate records concerning 
the seizure and disposition of conveyances.