Appendix

Federal Forfeiture Statutes

(Table prepared by Leon Felkins, January 10, 1999)

DESCRIPTION / * / FORFEITABLE ITEMS / U.S. CODE
Violation of the Federal Seed Act / C / seed / 07 U.S.C. 1595
Misuse of food stamp coupons or authorization cards / nonfood items, money, negotiable instruments, securities, things of value furnished in exchange of coupons / 07 U.S.C. 2024(g)
Animal fighting violations / animals / 07 U.S.C. 2156
Bringing in or harboring aliens / conveyances / 08 U.S.C. 1324(b)
restraint of interstate or foreign trade / property in transit and involved in restraint / 15 U.S.C. 0006
Gambling Violations / gambling devices / 15 U.S.C. 1177
Making, moving or dealing in materials without complying with the Flammable Fabrics Act / material / 15 U.S.C. 1195
Federal Hazardous Substances Act violations / misbranded and banned substances / 15 U.S.C. 1265
Consumer product safety violations / prohibited products and those which fail to comply with an
applicable consumer product safety rule / 15 U.S.C. 2071(b)
Political or numismatic items violations / imported products / 15 U.S.C. 2104
Hunting or fishing in Yellowstone National Park / guns, traps, beasts of burden, means of transportation / 16 U.S.C. 0026
Hunting or fishing in Sequoia or Yosemite National Parks / guns, teams, horses, means of transportation, and traps / 16 U.S.C. 0065
Unauthorized departure of vessel detained in time of war in the interests of American neutrality / vessel / 16 U.S.C. 0077
Hunting or fishing in Mt. Rainier National Park / guns, traps, beasts of burden, means of transportation / 16 U.S.C. 0099
Hunting or fishing in Mesa Verde National Park / guns, traps, beasts of burden, means of transportation / 16 U.S.C. 0117d
Hunting or fishing in Crater Lake National Park / guns, traps, beasts of burden, means of transportation / 16 U.S.C. 0128
Hunting or fishing in Glacier National Park / guns, traps, beasts of burden, means of transportation / 16 U.S.C. 0171
Hunting or fishing in Rocky Mountain National Park / guns, traps, beasts of burden, means of transportation / 16 U.S.C. 0198d
Hunting or fishing in Lassen Volcanic National Park / guns, traps, beasts of burden, means of transportation / 16 U.S.C. 0204d
Hunting or fishing in Olympic National Park / guns, traps, beasts of burden, means of transportation / 16 U.S.C. 0256c
Hunting or fishing in Hawaii National Park / guns, traps, beasts of burden, means of transportation / 16 U.S.C. 0395d
Hunting or fishing in Shenandoah National Park / guns, traps, nets, seines, beasts of burden, means of transportation / 16 U.S.C. 0403c4
Hunting or fishing in Great Smoky National Park / guns, traps, nets, seines, fishing tackle, beasts of burden, means of transportation / 16 U.S.C. 0403h4
Hunting or fishing in Mammoth Cave National Park / guns, traps, nets, seines, fishing tackle, beasts of burden, means of transportation / 16 U.S.C. 0404c4
Hunting or fishing in Isle Royale National Park / guns, traps, beasts of burden, means of transportation / 16 U.S.C. 0408l
Unauthorized excavation, removal, damage, alteration, or defacement of archaeological Resources; trafficking / archaeological resources and all vehicles and equipment used / 16 U.S.C. 0470gg
Protected Bald and Golden Eagles / All bald or golden eagles, or parts, nests, or eggs thereof, taken, possessed, sold, bartered, offered for sale, purchase, or barter, transported, exported, or imported contrary to provisions of this subchapter, or of any permit or regulation issued hereunder, and all guns, nets, and other equipment, vessels, vehicles, aircraft, and other means of transportation used to aid the taking, possessing, selling, purchasing, bartering, offering for sale, purchase, or transporting, exporting, or importing of any bird, or part, nest, or egg thereof / 16 U.S.C. 0668b
Endangered species violations / species members / 16 U.S.C. 0668dd
Violation of Conservation Programs on Government land / All guns, traps, nets, and other equipment, vessels, vehicles, and other means of transportation / 16 U.S.C. 0670j
Hunting in Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge / game / 16 U.S.C. 0690e
Unless and except as permitted by regulations made as hereinafter provided in this subchapter, it shall be unlawful at any time, by any means or in any manner, to pursue, hunt, take, capture, kill, attempt to take, capture, or kill, possess, offer for sale, sell, offer to barter, barter, offer to purchase, purchase, deliver for shipment, ship, export, import, cause to be shipped, exported, or imported, deliver for transportation, transport or cause to be transported, carry or cause to be carried, or receive for shipment, transportation, carriage, or export, any migratory bird, any part, nest, or eggs of any such bird, or any product, whether or not manufactured, which consists, or is composed in whole or part, of any such bird or any part, nest, or
egg thereof . . . / All guns, traps, nets and other equipment, vessels, vehicles, and other means of transportation used by any person when engaged in pursuing, hunting, taking, trapping, ensnaring, capturing, killing, or attempting to take, capture, or kill any migratory bird in violation of this subchapter with the intent to offer for sale, or sell, or offer for barter, or barter / 16 U.S.C. 0707
Hunting and fishing in Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge / guns, fishing equipment, boats, other paraphernalia / 16 U.S.C. 0727
Airborne hunting or harassing any bird, fish, or other animal / All birds, fish, or other animals shot or captured contrary to the provisions of this section, or of any regulation issued hereunder, and all guns, aircraft, and other equipment used to aid in the attempting to shoot, capturing, or harassing of any bird, fish, or other animal in violation of this section or of any regulation issued hereunder / 16 U.S.C. 0742j-1
Halibut fishing restrictions / Any fishing vessel (including its fishing gear, furniture, appurtenances, stores, and cargo) used, any fish . . .as a result of the commission of act prohibited by section 16 U.S.C.773e / 16 U.S.C. 0773h
Whaling Convention violations / whales, whale products / 16 U.S.C. 0916g
Tuna Convention violations / fish / 16 U.S.C. 0969
Atlantic Tuna Convention violations / fish / 16 U.S.C. 0971e
Illegally fishing for a designated species of tuna within the Agreement Area / tuna taken or retained in violation of this section / 16 U.S.C. 0972f
Protected North Pacific Fur Seals / Vessel, including its tackle, apparel, appurtenances, cargo, and stores / 16 U.S.C. 1171
Protected Marine Mammals / Vessel, including its tackle, apparel, appurtenances, cargo, and stores or monetary value / 16 U.S.C. 1376
Global moratorium on certain tuna harvesting practices / vessels (including fishing gear, appurtenances stores, and cargo) used and fish taken in violation / 16 U.S.C. 1418(c)
Enforcement / any sanctuary resource, vessels, etc. / 16 U.S.C. 1437
Endangered species violations / species, guns, traps, nets, equipment, vessels, vehicles, aircraft, means of transportation / 16 U.S.C. 1540
Activities involved with or related to catching of protected fishes / Fishing vessel and fish / 16 U.S.C. 1857 thru 16 U.S.C. 1860
Fishery Conservation and Management Act violations / fishing vessels, their gear, furniture, appurtenances, stores, cargo, and fish / 16 U.S.C. 1860
Antarctic Conservation / (1) Any animal or plant with respect to which an act prohibited by 16 U.S.C. 2403(a) . . .shall be subject to forfeiture; (2) All guns, traps, nets, and other equipment, vessels, vehicles, aircraft, and other means transportation / 16 U.S.C. 2409
Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention violations / guns, traps, nets, other equipment, vessels, their gear, furniture, appurtenances, stoves, and cargo, vessels, vehicles, aircraft, and other means of transportation / 16 U.S.C. 2439
Any fish or wildlife or taken, possessed, transported, or sold in violation of any law, treaty, or regulation of the United States or in violation of any Indian tribal law / All fish or wildlife or plants imported, exported, transported, sold, received, acquired, purchased contrary to the provisions of 16 U.S.C. 3372; All vessels, vehicles, aircraft, and other equipment used / 16 U.S.C. 3374
North Atlantic salmon violations / vessels and fish / 16 U.S.C. 3606
Pacific salmon violations / fish and vessels, their gear, furniture, appurtenances, stores, and cargo / 16 U.S.C. 3637
Getting caught fishing or possessing an anadromous fish in the Convention area / fishing vessel (including its fishing gear, furniture, appurtenances, stores, and cargo) / 16 U.S.C. 5010
Atlantic coastal fisheries moratorium violations / fish, vessels, gear, equipment, appurtenances, stores and cargo / 16 U.S.C. 5106
Illegal fishing on the high seas / C / Fishing vessel and fish / 16 U.S.C. 5508
Illegal fishing on the high seas / V / Fishing vessel and fish / 16 U.S.C. 5606 thru 16 U.S.C. 1860
Copyright infringement / copies, and copying implements, devices, and equipment / 17 U.S.C. 0506
Phonorecords manufactured, distributed, etc. in violation of copyright laws / phonorecords and all plates, molds, matrices, masters, tapes, film negatives, or other articles by means of which such copies or phonorecords may be reproduced, and all electronic, mechanical, or other devices for manufacturing, reproducing, or assembling such copies or phonorecords / 17 U.S.C. 0509
Importation of items infringing on copyright / copies / 17 U.S.C. 0603
Corruptly giving or receiving a commission or gift for procuring loan / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C 0215 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Corruptly giving or receiving a commission or gift for procuring loan / C / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C 0215 thru 18 U.S.C. 0982
Carjacking / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C 2119 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Carjacking / C / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C 2119 thru 18 U.S.C. 0982
Concealment of assets, false oath under penalty of perjury, fraudulent claims, bankruptcy fraud / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0152 thru 18 U.S.C. Section 1956
Biological Weapons Act violations / biological agent, toxin and delivery system / 18 U.S.C. 0176
Counterfeiting, altering, or forgery of U.S. obligation or security / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0471 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Uttering (passing or selling) counterfeit obligations or securities of U.S. / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0472 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Dealing in counterfeit obligations or securities of U.S. / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0473 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Possession of plates for counterfeiting obligations or securities of U.S. / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0474 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Taking impression of tools used for counterfeiting obligations or securities of U.S. / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0476 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Possessing or selling impression of tools used for counterfeiting obligations or securities of U.S. / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0477 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Forging or counterfeiting obligations or securities of foreign countries / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0478 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Uttering (passing or selling) counterfeit obligations or securities of foreign countries / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0479 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Possession of counterfeit obligations or securities of foreign countries / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0480 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Possession of plates for counterfeiting obligations or securities of foreign countries / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0481 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Counterfeiting, uttering or possession of counterfeit coins or silver or gold bars / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0485 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Making, uttering or passing counterfeit coins / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0486 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Making or possessing dies used for counterfeiting coins of U.S / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0487 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Making or possessing dies used for counterfeiting coins of foreign countries / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0488 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Counterfeiting U.S. or foreign government coins, obligations or securities / counterfeits, and any articles, devices and things used to counterfeit / 18 U.S.C. 0492
making, forging or possessing counterfeit or forged money orders / B / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0500 thru 18 U.S.C. 1956
Making, forging or possessing counterfeit or forged U.S. postage stamp, or postage stamp / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0501 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Making, forging or possessing counterfeit or forged foreign postage stamp, or stamp / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0502 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
forging or counterfeiting postmarking stamps / B / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0503 thru 18 U.S.C. 1956
Forging endorsements on Treasury checks, bonds or U.S. securities / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0510 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Forging endorsements on Treasury checks, bonds or U.S. securities / C / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0510 thru 18 U.S.C. 0982
Altering or removing automobile VIN numbers / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0511 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Altering or removing automobile VIN numbers / C / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0511 thru 18 U.S.C. 0982
Removing or changing motor vehicle identifications numbers / vehicle or part with altered or removed id. number / 18 U.S.C. 0512
making, possessing or uttering (passing) forged securities / B / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0513 thru 18 U.S.C. 1956
Entry of goods by means of false statements / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0542 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Entry of goods by means of false statements / C / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0542 thru 18 U.S.C. 0982
Relanding goods / goods / 18 U.S.C. 0544
Smuggling / goods smuggled / 18 U.S.C. 0545
Smuggling goods into the U.S. / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0545 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Smuggling goods into the U.S. / C / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0545 thru 18 U.S.C. 0982
Removing or repacking goods stored in customs warehouses / goods / 18 U.S.C. 0548
removing goods from customs, breaking customs seals or affixing false customs seals / B / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0549 thru 18 U.S.C. 1956
Importation or exportation of stolen vehicles, vessels or aircraft / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0553 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Importation or exportation of stolen vehicles, vessels or aircraft / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0553 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Importation or exportation of stolen vehicles, vessels or aircraft / C / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0553 thru 18 U.S.C. 0982
theft, embezzlement, etc. of government property / B / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0641 thru 18 U.S.C. 1956
Theft, embezzlement or misapplication by bank officer or employee / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0656 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Theft, embezzlement or misapplication by bank officer or employee / C / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0656 thru 18 U.S.C. 0982
Theft, embezzlement or misapplication by officer or employee or FDIC or other bank regulator or receiver / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0657 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Theft, embezzlement or misapplication by officer or employee or FDIC or other bank regulator or receiver / C / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0657 thru 18 U.S.C. 0982
fraudulently removing or concealing property mortgaged by the government / B / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0658 thru 18 U.S.C. 1956
Theft or bribery by employee of agency or organization receiving federal funds / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0666(a)(1) thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Theft or bribery by employee of agency or organization receiving federal funds / C / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0666(a)(1) thru 18 U.S.C. 0982
Espionage / property derived from payments from foreign sources / 18 U.S.C. 0793
Serious espionage / property derived from or used in commission of violation / 18 U.S.C. 0794
disclosure of classified information / B / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0798 thru 18 U.S.C. 1956
Importing or dealing in explosives without a license / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0842 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Importing or dealing in explosives without a license / C / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0842 thru 18 U.S.C. 0982
Explosives violations / explosives / 18 U.S.C. 0844
Penalties for explosives violations / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0844 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Penalties for explosives violations / C / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0844 thru 18 U.S.C. 0982
interstate communication of kidnapping ransom demands or threats / B / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0875 thru 18 U.S.C. 1956
Firearms violations / guns and ammunition / 18 U.S.C. 0924
Arming vessel against friendly nation / vessel, its tackle, apparel, furniture, arms, materials, ammunition and stores / 18 U.S.C. 0962
Departure of detained vessel in violation of neutrality / vessel, its tackle, apparel, furniture, equipment and cargo / 18 U.S.C. 0963
Delivery of armed vessel to belligerent / vessel, its tackle, apparel, furniture, equipment and cargo / 18 U.S.C. 0964
Departure without filing verification statements / vessel, its tackle, apparel, furniture, equipment and cargo / 18 U.S.C. 0965
Departure after filing falsified statements / vessel, its tackle, apparel, furniture, equipment and cargo / 18 U.S.C. 0966
Departure without clearance / vessel, its tackle, apparel, furniture, equipment and cargo / 18 U.S.C. 0967
Shipment of arms, liquor or narcotics to Pacific Islands / goods / 18 U.S.C. 0969
Money laundering and other violations, / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0981
Money laundering / C / all property, real or personal involved in or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0982
Civil forfeiture of fungible property - substitution / V / all property, real or personal involved in or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 0984
False or fraudulent statement to government agency / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 1001 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
False or fraudulent statement to government agency / C / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 1001 thru 18 U.S.C. 0982
False or fraudulent statement by officer or employee of bank / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 1005 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
False or fraudulent statement by officer or employee of bank / C / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 1005 thru 18 U.S.C. 0982
False or fraudulent statement by agent or employee or FDIC, RTC or banking regulator or receiver / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 1006 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
False or fraudulent statement by agent or employee or FDIC, RTC or banking regulator or receiver / C / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 1006 thru 18 U.S.C. 0982
False or fraudulent statement to FDIC / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 1007 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
False or fraudulent statement to FDIC / C / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 1007 thru 18 U.S.C. 0982
False or fraudulent statement to loan officer / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 1014 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
False or fraudulent statement to loan officer / C / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 1014 thru 18 U.S.C. 0982
Fraud and related activity in connection with identification documents and telemarketing / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 1028 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Fraud and related activity in connection with identification documents and telemarketing / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 1028 thru 18 U.S.C. 0982
Fraud and related activity in connection with communications access devices and telemarketing / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 1029 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981
Fraud and related activity in connection with communications access devices and telemarketing / C / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 1029 thru 18 U.S.C. 0982
Fraudulent or unauthorized access to government computer / V / all property, real or personal, constituting, derived from, or traceable to a violation / 18 U.S.C. 1030 thru 18 U.S.C. 0981