[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR8.7]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                    CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 8_FBI FORFEITURE AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN STATUTES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 8.7  Judicial forfeiture.

    If the appraised value exceeds the monetary amount set forth in 
title 19, United States Code, section 1607, or a claim and satisfactory 
bond have been received either for property appraised at that amount or 
less, or for seized merchandise which is any monetary instrument within 
the meaning of section 5312(a)(3) of title 31 of the United States Code, 
the Special Agent in Charge of the FBI field office that seized the 
property shall transmit the claim and bond to the U.S. Attorney for the 
judicial district in which the seizure was made for the purpose of 
instituting judicial forfeiture proceedings. Also transmitted with the 
claim and bond will be a description of the property and a complete 
statement of the facts and circumstances leading to the seizure of the 
property.

[Order No. 1476-91, 56 FR 8685, Mar. 1, 1991]