[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 2]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 19CFR162.49]



[Page 254]

 

                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 

        HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 162_INSPECTION, SEARCH, AND SEIZURE--Table of Contents

 

                Subpart E_Treatment of Seized Merchandise

 

Sec.  162.49  Forfeiture by court decree.



    (a) Report to the U.S. attorney or the Department of Justice if the 

penalty was assessed under section 592, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(19 U.S.C. 1592). When it is necessary to institute legal proceedings in 

order to forfeit seized property, or to forfeit the value of property 

subject to forfeiture, the Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures Officer or 

the special agent in charge of the area involved shall furnish a report 

to the U.S. attorney or the Department of Justice if the penalty was 

assessed under section 592, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 

1592), in accordance with the provisions of section 603, Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1603).

    (b) Bonding of seized property. When a claimant desires to file a 

bond for the release of seized property which is the subject of a court 

proceeding, he shall be referred to the U.S. attorney. The Government is 

entitled to recover the penal sum of the bond if forfeiture is then 

decreed.



[T.D. 72-211, 37 FR 16488, Aug. 15, 1972, as amended by T.D. 85-90, 50 

FR 21431, May 24, 1985; T.D. 99-27, 64 FR 13676, Mar. 22, 1999]