[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: 8CFR274.14]



[Page 636-637]

 

                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY

 

               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

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

 

Sec. 274.14  Time for filing petitions.



    (a) Petitions for the reliefs of remission or mitigation of 

forfeitute should be filed within 30 days of the date of first 

publication of the advertisement as provided in Sec. 274.9 of this 

part. After a seized conveyance has been declared forfeited and placed 

in official use,



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sold, or otherwise disposed of according to law, petitions for the 

reliefs of remission or mitigation of forfeiture shall not be accepted.

    (b) Petitions for the relief of restoration of proceeds of sale or 

the appraised value of a seized and forfeited conveyance placed in 

official use or otherwise disposed of according to law must be filed 

within 90 days of the sale of the seized and forfeited conveyance or 

within 90 days that the seized and forfeited conveyance is placed in 

official use or otherwise disposed of according to law.