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15 CFR § 904.500 - Purpose and scope.

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title: "15 CFR § 904.500 - Purpose and scope."
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title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "904.500"
section_name: "Purpose and scope."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
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subchapter_name: "GENERAL REGULATIONS"
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# 904.500 Purpose and scope.

(a) This subpart sets forth procedures governing the release, abandonment, forfeiture, remission of forfeiture, or return of property seized under any of the laws cited in § 904.1(c).

(b) Except as provided in this subpart, these regulations apply to all seized property subject to forfeiture under any of the laws cited in § 904.1(c). This subpart is in addition to, and not in contradiction of, any special rules regarding seizure, holding or disposition of property seized under these statutes.

[87 FR 38942, June 30, 2022]