18 U.S.C. § 2253 — Criminal forfeiture

submitted 42 years ago by Pub. L. 98-292 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 197 words · no verdicts yet

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A person convicted of an offense covered by this section must forfeit specified property to the United States. The covered property includes certain visual depictions and materials containing them, proceeds, and property used or intended for use in the offense.

(a) Property subject to criminal forfeiture. A person convicted of an offense under this chapter involving a visual depiction described in section 2251, 2251A, 2252, 2252A, or 2260, a person convicted of an offense under section 2252B, or a person convicted of an offense under chapter 109A must forfeit to the United States that person's interest in: (1) any visual depiction described in section 2251, 2251A, 2252, 2252A, 2252B, or 2260, or any book, magazine, periodical, film, videotape, or other matter containing such a visual depiction, if it was produced, transported, mailed, shipped, or received in violation of this chapter; (2) any real or personal property that consists of, or can be traced to, gross profits or other proceeds obtained from the offense; and (3) any real or personal property used or intended to be used to commit or promote the offense, or any property traceable to that property. (b) The criminal forfeiture of property under subsection (a) follows section 413 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 853), except that subsections (a) and (d) of that section do not apply.

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(a)Property Subject to Criminal Forfeiture.—

A person who is convicted of an offense under this chapter involving a visual depiction described in section 2251, 2251A, 2252, 2252A, or 2260 of this chapter or who is convicted of an offense under section 2252B of this chapter,,1 or who is convicted of an offense under chapter 109A, shall forfeit to the United States such person’s interest in—

(1)

any visual depiction described in section 2251, 2251A, or 2252 2 2252A, 2252B, or 2260 of this chapter, or any book, magazine, periodical, film, videotape, or other matter which contains any such visual depiction, which was produced, transported, mailed, shipped or received in violation of this chapter;

(2)

any property, real or personal, constituting or traceable to gross profits or other proceeds obtained from such offense; and

(3)

any property, real or personal, used or intended to be used to commit or to promote the commission of such offense or any property traceable to such property.

(b)

Section 413 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 853) with the exception of subsections (a) and (d), applies to the criminal forfeiture of property pursuant to subsection (a).

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 98–292, § 6, May 21, 1984, 98 Stat. 205; amended Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7522(c), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4494; Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXV, § 3564, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4928; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330011(m)(1), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2145; Pub. L. 105–314, title VI, § 602, Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2982; Pub. L. 109–248, title V, § 505(b), (c), July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 630.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1984Enacted · Pub. L. 98-292 · 98 Stat. 205
1988Amended · Pub. L. 100-690 · 102 Stat. 4494
1990Amended · Pub. L. 101-647 · 104 Stat. 4928
1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2145
1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-314 · 112 Stat. 2982
2006Amended · Pub. L. 109-248 · 120 Stat. 630

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 98-292 on 1984-05-21.

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