28 U.S.C. § 2465
Return of property to claimant; liability for wrongful seizure; attorney fees, costs, and interest
United States · Title 28 — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
Cite this
- Citation
- 28 U.S.C. § 2465, Return of property to claimant; liability for wrongful seizure; attorney fees, costs, and interest, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/465530
- Permanent ID
ys:prov:465530@1- SHA-256
9e9cc5cb58be17ce2df7d88591f7b1d75ab95fc291ab6e376ede8f11900a0fa2
The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.
Full text
Upon the entry of a judgment for the claimant in any proceeding to condemn or forfeit property seized or arrested under any provision of Federal law—
Except as provided in paragraph (2), in any civil proceeding to forfeit property under any provision of Federal law in which the claimant substantially prevails, the United States shall be liable for—
in cases involving currency, other negotiable instruments, or the proceeds of an interlocutory sale—
If there are multiple claims to the same property, the United States shall not be liable for costs and attorneys fees associated with any such claim if the United States—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000House: 375–48Senate: no recorded tally