114 STAT. 202 PUBLIC LAW 106-185—APR. 25, 2000 Public Law 106-185 106th Congress Apr. 25, 2000 [H.R. 1658] Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000. 18 USC 981 note. Deadlines. An Act To provide a more just and uniform procedure for Federal civil forfeitures, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) SHORT TITLE.— This Act may be cited as the "Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000". (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS. —The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Creation of general rules relating to civil forfeiture proceedings. Sec. 3. Compensation for damage to seized property. Sec. 4. Attorney fees, costs, and interest. Sec. 5. Seizure warrant requirement. Sec. 6. Use of forfeited funds to pay restitution to crime victims. Sec. 7. Civil forfeiture of real property. Sec. 8. Stay of civil forfeiture case. Sec. 9. Civil restraining orders. Sec. 10. Cooperation among Federal prosecutors. Sec. 11. Statute of limitations for civil forfeiture actions. Sec. 12. Destruction or removal of property to prevent seizure. Sec. 13. Fungible property in bank accounts. Sec. 14. Fugitive disentitlement. Sec. 15. Enforcement of foreign forfeiture judgment. Sec. 16. Encouraging use of criminal forfeiture as an alternative to civil forfeiture. Sec. 17. Access to records in bank secrecyjurisdictions. Sec. 18. Application to alien smuggling offenses. Sec. 19. Enhanced visibility of the asset forfeiture program. Sec. 20. Proceeds. Sec. 21. Effective date. SEC. 2. CREATION OF GENERAL RULES RELATING TO CIVIL FOR- FEITURE PROCEEDINGS. (a) IN GENERAL.— Chapter 46 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 982 the following: "§ 983. General rules for civil forfeiture proceedings " (a) NOTICE; CLAIM; COMPLAINT. — "(l)(A)(i) Except as provided in clauses (ii) through (v), in any nonjudicial civil forfeiture proceeding under a civil forfeiture statute, with respect to which the Government is required to send written notice to interested parties, such notice shall be sent in a manner to achieve proper notice as soon as practicable, and in no case more than 60 days after the date of the seizure. "(ii) No notice is required if, before the 60-day period expires, the Government files a civil judicial forfeiture action
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