[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: 8CFR274.4]

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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.