[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
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]