27 CFR § 72.51 - Rate of compensation.

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title: "27 CFR § 72.51 - Rate of compensation."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "72.51"
section_name: "Rate of compensation."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES"
part_number: "72"
part_name: "DISPOSITION OF SEIZED PERSONAL PROPERTY"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "18 U.S.C. 921, 1261; 19 U.S.C. 1607, 1610, 1612, 1613, 1618; 26 U.S.C. 7101, 7322-7325, 7326, 7805; 31 U.S.C. 9301, 9303, 9304, 9306; 40 U.S.C. 304(k); 49 U.S.C. 784, 788."
regulatory_source: "T.D. ATF-9, 39 FR 9954, Mar. 15, 1974, unless otherwise noted."
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# 72.51 Rate of compensation.

Each appraiser selected under § 72.22(a)(2) shall receive compensation at a reasonable fee not to exceed $15.00 per hour or portion thereof for the performance of his or her duties in appraising property seized as subject to forfeiture under Title 26 U.S.C.

(Act of Aug. 16, 1954, Ch. 736, 68A Stat. 870, as amended; 26 U.S.C. 7325)

[T.D. ATF-8, 46 FR 18536, Mar. 25, 1981]