18 U.S.C. § 4012 — Summary seizure and forfeiture of prison contraband
submitted 42 years ago by Pub. L. 98-473 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 66 words · no verdicts yet
This section lets Bureau of Prisons officers and employees seize and forfeit prison contraband. The object must have been introduced into or possessed in a Federal facility in violation of the Director’s rule, regulation, or order.
Under the Bureau of Prisons Director’s rules and regulations, a Bureau officer or employee may summarily seize an object introduced into a Federal penal or correctional facility or possessed by an inmate there in violation of the Director’s rule, regulation, or order. The object is forfeited to the United States.
An officer or employee of the Bureau of Prisons may, pursuant to rules and regulations of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, summarily seize any object introduced into a Federal penal or correctional facility or possessed by an inmate of such a facility in violation of a rule, regulation or order promulgated by the Director, and such object shall be forfeited to the United States.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1109(d), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2148.)
- 1984Enacted · Pub. L. 98-473 · 98 Stat. 2148
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 98-473 on 1984-10-12.
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