[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: 8CFR274.4]



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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. 274.4  Conveyances subject to seizure; termination of interest.



    (a) Any conveyance which an immigration officer has probable cause 

to believe has been or is being used in the commission of a violation of 

section 274(a) of the Act is subject to seizure.

    (b) Any property interest in a conveyance is automatically 

terminated



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as of the date of the seizure, if the conveyance is later declared 

forfeited. Any provision of any state law which recognizes a continuing 

property interest or right to reinstatement of a property interest in a 

conveyance has no effect after the date of the seizure of the 

conveyance, if the conveyance is later declared forfeited.

    (c) The custodian is authoized to execute a document of title to 

convey ownership of a conveyance declared forfeited pursuant to section 

274(b) of the Act and this part.