CFR > Title 21 - Food and Drugs > CHAPTER II—DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE > PART 1316—ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS, PRACTICES, AND PROCEDURES > SUBPART E—Seizure, Forfeiture, and Disposition of Property (§1316.71 to §1316.81) > 1316.81—Handling of petitions.

1316.81—Handling of petitions.

Upon receipt of a petition, the custodian or DEA Asset Forfeiture System shall request an appropriate investigation. The petition and the report of investigation shall be forwarded to the Director of the FBI or to the Administrator of the DEA, depending upon which agency seized the property. If the petition involves a case which has been referred to the U.S. Attorney for the institution of court proceedings, the custodian or DEA Asset Forfeiture System shall transmit the petition to the U.S. Attorney for the judicial district in which the proceeding for forfeiture is brought. He shall notify the petitioner of this action.

Code of Federal Regulations

(Authority: 28 U.S.C. 509 and 510 ; 21 U.S.C. 871 and 881(d) ; Pub. L. 98-473, Pub. L. 98-573)

Code of Federal Regulations

[48 FR 35088, Aug. 3, 1983, as amended at 49 FR 1178, Jan. 10, 1984; 49 FR 50643, Dec. 31, 1984; 56 FR 8686, Mar. 1, 1991; 62 FR 13970, Mar. 24, 1997]