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Attorney General's Guidelines on Seized and Forfeited Property

NCJ Number
112193
Author(s)
E Meese
Date Published
1987
Length
29 pages
Annotation
These guidelines are designed to implement certain asset forfeiture provisions of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 and the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act pertaining to the disposition of forfeited property, the management and use of the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund, and the discontinuance of Federal forfeiture actions to permit forfeiture by State or local procedures.
Abstract
Guidelines for the use and transfer of forfeited property address the retention of property for official use; official use by the Justice Department's Investigative Bureau and other department bureaus; and the transfer of property to Federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies. Guidelines for the Justice Department's Assets Forfeiture Fund cover administration of the fund, allowable reimbursements from the fund, limitations on fund use, payment of expenses, priority payments, preparation of reimbursement agreements, payment of awards, purchase of evidence, and payments to equip forfeited conveyances for drug law enforcement functions. Guidelines for the discontinuance of Federal forfeiture actions pertain to the deferral of Federal judicial forfeiture proceedings and Federal administrative forfeiture proceedings. Guidelines also encompass U.S. Customs Service forfeitures.