8 CFR § 274.1 - Seizure and forfeiture authority.

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title: "8 CFR § 274.1 - Seizure and forfeiture authority."
title_number: 8
title_name: "Aliens and Nationality"
section_number: "274.1"
section_name: "Seizure and forfeiture authority."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS"
part_number: "274"
part_name: "SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE OF CONVEYANCES"
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authority: "8 U.S.C. 1103, 1324(b); 18 U.S.C. 983, 19 U.S.C. 66, 1600, 1618, 1619, 1624; 22 U.S.C. 401; 31 U.S.C. 5321; 49 U.S.C. 80304."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 43187, Oct. 26, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
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# 274.1 Seizure and forfeiture authority.

Any officer of Customs and Border Protection or Immigration and Customs Enforcement may seize and forfeit any property that has been or is being used in the commission of a violation of any statutory authority involving the unlawful introduction of aliens, contraband or proceeds of such introduction, pursuant to, but not limited to, section 274(a) of the Act (8 U.S.C. 1324(a)). All seizures and forfeitures in such cases will be administered in accordance with 19 CFR parts 162 and 171.

[73 FR 9011, Feb. 19, 2008]