[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 25, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 25CFR11.307]



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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS

 

     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

 

PART 11_LAW AND ORDER ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart C_Criminal Procedure

 

Sec.  11.307  Disposition of seized property.



    (a) The officer serving and executing a warrant shall make an 

inventory of all seized property, and a copy of such inventory shall be 

left with every person from whom property is seized.

    (b) A hearing shall be held by the Court of Indian Offenses to 

determine the disposition of all seized property. Upon satisfactory 

proof of ownership, the property shall be delivered immediately to the 

owner, unless such property is contraband or is to be used as evidence 

in a pending case. Property seized as evidence shall be returned to the 

owner after final judgment. Property confiscated as contraband shall be 

destroyed or otherwise lawfully disposed of as ordered by the Court of 

Indian Offenses.