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U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 53 > § 3373 - Penalties and sanctions

(a) In general
  (1) All fish or wildlife or plants imported, exported,
transported, sold, received, acquired, or purchased contrary to the
provisions of section 3372 of this title (other than section
3372(b) of this title), or any regulation issued pursuant thereto,
shall be subject to forfeiture to the United States notwithstanding
any culpability requirements for civil penalty assessment or
criminal prosecution included in section 3373 of this title.
  (2) All vessels, vehicles, aircraft, and other equipment used to
aid in the importing, exporting, transporting, selling, receiving,
acquiring, or purchasing of fish or wildlife or plants in a
criminal violation of this chapter for which a felony conviction is
obtained shall be subject to forfeiture to the United States if (A)
the owner of such vessel, vehicle, aircraft, or equipment was at
the time of the alleged illegal act a consenting party or privy
thereto or in the exercise of due care should have known that such
vessel, vehicle, aircraft, or equipment would be used in a criminal
violation of this chapter, and (B) the violation involved the sale
or purchase of, the offer of sale or purchase of, or the intent to
sell or purchase, fish or wildlife or plants.
(b) Application of customs laws
  All provisions of law relating to the seizure, forfeiture, and
condemnation of property for violation of the customs laws, the
disposition of such property or the proceeds from the sale thereof,
and the remission or mitigation of such forfeiture, shall apply to
the seizures and forfeitures incurred, or alleged to have been
incurred, under the provisions of this chapter, insofar as such
provisions of law are applicable and not inconsistent with the
provisions of this chapter, except that all powers, rights, and
duties conferred or imposed by the customs laws upon any officer or
employee of the Treasury Department may, for the purposes of this
chapter, also be exercised or performed by the Secretary or by such
persons as he may designate: Provided, That any warrant for search
or seizure shall be issued in accordance with rule 41 of the
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
(c) Storage cost
  Any person convicted of an offense, or assessed a civil penalty,
under section 3373 of this title shall be liable for the costs
incurred in the storage, care, and maintenance of any fish or
wildlife or plant seized in connection with the violation
concerned.
(d) Civil forfeitures
  Civil forfeitures under this section shall be governed by the
provisions of chapter 46 of title 18.

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