[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR356.3]

[Page 476]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
 CHAPTER III--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 356--FORFEITURE PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 356.3  Property valued at greater than $10,000; notice of seizure and civil action to obtain forfeiture.

    Promptly following the seizures or other receipt of any property 
specified in Sec. 356.1 and determined under Sec. 356.2 to have a value 
greater than $10,000, the Deputy Administrator shall mail a notice of 
seizure by registered or certified mail to the current or last known or 
reasonable ascertainable address, return receipt requested, to persons 
known or reasonably ascertained to be the owner or agent of the seized 
property and to any other person having an interest in the property. 
Such notice shall describe the seized property, shall state the time, 
date, place, and reason for the seizure, that there is a right to 
petition for remission or mitigation of forfeiture pursuant to 
Sec. 356.7, and shall state that action shall be taken in accordance 
with this part. Promptly following the seizure of such property, the 
Secretary shall also submit a report concerning such property to the 
U.S. Attorney for the district in which the seizure was made for 
institution of forfeiture proceedings in the U.S. District Court. The 
report shall provide a statement of all the relevant facts and 
circumstances of the case, including the names of the witnesses, and a 
citation to the laws believed to have been violated and on which 
reliance may be had for forfeiture.