[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR162.45a]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 162--INSPECTION, SEARCH, AND SEIZURE--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart E--Treatment of Seized Merchandise
 
Sec. 162.45a  Summary forfeiture of Schedule I and Schedule II controlled substances.

    The Controlled Substances Act (84 Stat. 1242, 21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) 
provides that all controlled substances in Schedule I and Schedule II 
(as defined in 21 U.S.C. 802(6) and 812) that are possessed, 
transferred, sold or offered for sale in violation of the Act will be 
deemed contraband, seized and summarily forfeited to the United States 
(21 U.S.C. 881(f)). The Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (21 
U.S.C. 951 et seq.) incorporates by reference this contraband forfeiture 
provision of 21 U.S.C. 881. See 21 U.S.C. 965. Accordingly, in the case 
of a seizure of Schedule I or Schedule II controlled substances, the 
Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures Officer or his designee will contact 
the appropriate Drug Enforcement Administration official responsible for 
issuing permits authorizing the importation of such substances (see 21 
CFR part 1312). If upon inquiry the

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Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures Officer or his designee is notified 
that no permit for lawful importation has been issued, he will declare 
the seized substances contraband and forfeited pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 
881(f). Inasmuch as such substances are Schedule I and Schedule II 
controlled substances, the notice procedures set forth in Sec. 162.45 
are inapplicable. When seized controlled substances are required as 
evidence in a court proceeding, they will be preserved to the extent and 
in the quantities necessary for that purpose.

[T.D. 00-37, 65 FR 33254, May 23, 2000]