NCJ Number
214004
Date Published
January 2006
Length
251 pages
Annotation
This manual presents the revised policies and procedures of the U.S. Department of Justice regarding asset forfeiture.
Abstract
The 2006 U.S. Department of Justice, Asset Forfeiture Manual entails nine chapters and addresses policies, procedures, and guidelines for asset seizure/restraint, administrative and judicial forfeiture, settlements, third-party interests, use and disposition of seized and forfeited property, equitable sharing, the Assets Forfeiture Fund, attorney's fees, and grand jury issues in asset forfeiture. Published by the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, this manual replaces and supersedes all previous versions of the policy manual, as well as all policy directives and interim legal advice memoranda issued prior to December 31, 2005. The 2006 edition contains several chapters that have been revised from the previous version, as well as those that are virtually the same as they were in the previous edition. Appendixes A through I include samples notices of the U.S. Marshals Service Policy, Preseizure Planning Guide, Trustees and Monitors, Land and Natural Resources, redelegations of authority, Office of Legal Counsel Opinion, AG Order No. 1860-94, and equitable sharing attachments.