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50 CFR 12.33 - Disposal.

§ 12.33
Disposal.
(a) The Director shall dispose of any wildlife or plant forfeited or abandoned under the authority of this part, subject to the restrictions provided in this subpart, by one of the following means, unless the item is the subject of a petition for remission of forfeiture under § 12.24 of this part, or disposed of by court order:
(1) Return to the wild;
(2) Use by the Service or transfer to another government agency for official use;
(3) Donation or loan;
(4) Sale; or
(5) Destruction.
In the exercise of the disposal authority, the Director ordinarily must dispose of any wildlife or plant in the order in which the disposal methods appear in this paragraph (a) of this section.
(b) The Director shall dispose of any other property forfeited or abandoned under the authority of this part (including vehicles, vessels, aircraft, cargo, guns, nets, traps, and other equipment), except wildlife or plants, in accordance with current Federal Property Management Regulations (41 CFR chapter 101) and Interior Property Management Regulations (41 CFR chapter 114), unless the item is the subject of a petition for remission of forfeiture under § 12.24 of this part, or disposed of by court order.
(c) The Director shall dispose of property according to the following schedule, unless the property is the subject of a petition for remission of forfeiture under § 12.24 of this part :
(1) Any live wildlife or plant and any wildlife or plant that the Director determines is liable to perish, deteriorate, decay, waste, or greatly decrease in value by keeping, or that the expense of keeping is disproportionate to its value may be disposed of immediately after forfeiture or abandonment; and
(2) All other property may be disposed of no sooner than 60 days after forfeiture or abandonment.
(d) If the property is the subject of a petition for remission of forfeiture under § 12.24 of this part, the Director may not dispose of the property until the Solicitor or Attorney General makes a final decision not to grant relief.

Title 50 published on 2012-10-01

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United States Code
USC : Title 16 - CONSERVATION

§ 668 - Bald and golden eagles

§ 668a - Taking and using of the bald and golden eagle for scientific, exhibition, and religious purposes

§ 668b - Enforcement provisions

§ 668dd - National Wildlife Refuge System

§ 704 - Determination as to when and how migratory birds may be taken, killed, or possessed

§ 706 - Arrests; search warrants

§ 707 - Violations and penalties; forfeitures

§ 712 - Treaty and convention implementing regulations; seasonal taking of migratory birds for essential needs of indigenous Alaskans to preserve and maintain stocks of the birds; protection and conservation of the birds

§ 718f - Enforcement

§ 718g - Violations

16 USC § 742j–1 - Airborne hunting

16 USC § -

16 USC § 851 to 856 - Repealed.

§ 853

§ 1375 - Penalties

§ 1375a - Use of fines for protection and recovery of manatees, polar bears, sea otters, and walruses

§ 1376 - Seizure and forfeiture of cargo

§ 1377 - Enforcement

§ 1382 - Regulations and administration

§ 1540 - Penalties and enforcement

§ 3371 - Definitions

§ 3372 - Prohibited acts

§ 3373 - Penalties and sanctions

§ 3374 - Forfeiture

§ 3375 - Enforcement

§ 3376 - Administration

§ 3377 - Exceptions

§ 3378 - Miscellaneous provisions

USC : Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

§ 43 - Force, violence, and threats involving animal enterprises

§ 44 - Repealed.

USC : Title 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES

§ 1602 - Seizure; report to customs officer

§ 1603 - Seizure; warrants and reports

§ 1604 - Seizure; prosecution

§ 1605 - Seizure; custody; storage

§ 1606 - Seizure; appraisement

§ 1607 - Seizure; value $500,000 or less, prohibited articles, transporting conveyances

§ 1608 - Seizure; claims; judicial condemnation

§ 1609 - Seizure; summary forfeiture and sale

§ 1610 - Seizure; judicial forfeiture proceedings

§ 1611 - Seizure; sale unlawful

§ 1612 - Seizure; summary sale

§ 1613 - Disposition of proceeds of forfeited property

§ 1613a - Repealed.

§ 1613b - Customs Forfeiture Fund

§ 1614 - Release of seized property

§ 1615 - Burden of proof in forfeiture proceedings

§ 1616 - Repealed.

§ 1616a - Disposition of forfeited property

§ 1617 - Compromise of Government claims by Secretary of the Treasury

§ 1618 - Remission or mitigation of penalties

§ 1619 - Award of compensation to informers

§ 1620 - Acceptance of money by United States officers

§ 1621 - Limitation of actions

§ 1622 - Foreign landing certificates

§ 1623 - Bonds and other security

§ 1624 - General regulations

U.S.C. : Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

§ 1996 - Protection and preservation of traditional religions of Native Americans

Presidential Documents

Executive Order ... 11987