[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 8, Volume 1]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 8CFR274.12]



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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY

 

               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 274_SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE OF CONVEYANCES--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 274.12  Judicial forfeiture.



    If the appraised value of a seized conveyance exceeds the monetary 

amount set forth in title 19 U.S.C. 1607, or a claim and a bond have 

been filed for a seized conveyance with an appraised value that does not 

exceed the monetary amount set forth in title 19 U.S.C. 1607, as 

provided in Sec. 274.10(a) of this part, the regional commissioner 

shall transmit the claim and bond, as well as a copy of the 

advertisement as provided in Sec. 274.9 of this part and a complete 

statement of the facts and circumstances surrounding the seizure to the 

United States Attorney for the federal judicial district in which the 

conveyance was seized for commencement of judicial forfeiture 

proceedings pursuant to section 274(b) of the Act and this part.



[53 FR 43187, Oct. 26, 1988, as amended at 56 FR 8686, Mar. 1, 1991]