---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 12.12"
title: "50"
number: "12.12"
heading: "How is public notification of seizure and proposed forfeiture provided?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/12.12"
---

# §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 <I>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.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 470aa et seq., 470aaa et seq., 668 et seq., 668dd et seq., 703 et seq., 718a et seq., 742j-l, 1361 et seq., 1531 et seq., 2401 et seq., 3371 et seq., 4201 et seq., and 5301 et seq.; 18 U.S.C. 42 and 981 et seq.; 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.

### Source

Source: 88 FR 47818, July 25, 2023, unless otherwise noted.