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50 CFR § 12.12 - How is public notification of seizure and proposed forfeiture provided? 

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s12.12"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 12.12 - How is public notification of seizure and proposed forfeiture provided?"
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "12.12"
section_name: "How is public notification of seizure and proposed forfeiture provided?"
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "TAKING, POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, SALE, PURCHASE, BARTER, EXPORTATION, AND IMPORTATION OF WILDLIFE AND PLANTS"
part_number: "12"
part_name: "SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE PROCEDURES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 470aa  470aaa  668  668dd  703  718a  742j-l, 1361  1531  2401  3371  4201  and 5301  18 U.S.C. 42 and 981  19 U.S.C. 1602-1624; 28 U.S.C. 2465; 42 U.S.C. 1996; and E.O. 13751, 81 FR 88609, amending E.O. 13112, 64 FR 6183."
regulatory_source: "88 FR 47818, July 25, 2023, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "12"
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# 12.12 How is public notification of seizure and proposed forfeiture provided?

(a) After seizing property subject to administrative forfeiture, the Service will select from the following options a means of publication reasonably calculated to notify potential claimants of the seizure and the Service's intent to forfeit and sell or otherwise dispose of the property:

(1) Publication once each week for at least 3 successive weeks in a newspaper generally circulated in the judicial district where the property was seized; or

(2) Posting a notice on the official government internet site at *http://www.fws.gov/fwsforfeiture/* for at least 30 consecutive days.

(b) The published notice will:

(1) Describe the seized property;

(2) State the date, statutory basis, and place of seizure;

(3) State the deadline for filing a claim when personal written notice has not been received, which must be at least 30 days after the date of final publication of the notice of seizure; and

(4) State the name, title, and business address to whom any petition for remission or claim for judicial proceedings must be filed.