50 CFR § 12.62 - How does the Service keep track of forfeited or abandoned property?

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title: "50 CFR § 12.62 - How does the Service keep track of forfeited or abandoned property?"
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title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "12.62"
section_name: "How does the Service keep track of forfeited or abandoned property?"
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"
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# 12.62 How does the Service keep track of forfeited or abandoned property?

The Service must account in official records for all property forfeited or abandoned under this subpart. These records must include the following information:

(a) A description of the property;

(b) The date and place of the seizure of the property, and, if appropriate, the seizure tag number, and the date of forfeiture or abandonment of the property;

(c) The investigative case file number associated with the property;

(d) The name of any person known to have or to have had an interest in the property;

(e) The date, place, and manner of the disposal of the property;

(f) The name of the official responsible for the disposal of the property; and

(g) The value of the property.