21 USC § 970 - Criminal forfeitures

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identifier: "/us/usc/t21/s970"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "21 USC § 970 - Criminal forfeitures"
title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
section_number: "970"
section_name: "Criminal forfeitures"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "IMPORT AND EXPORT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–513, title III, § 1017, as added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 307, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2051.)"
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# § 970. Criminal forfeitures

Section 853 of this title

, relating to criminal forfeitures, shall apply in every respect to a violation of this subchapter punishable by imprisonment for more than one year.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–513, title III, § 1017, as added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 307, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2051.)