Seizure of aircraft.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 14

(a) The Chief Counsel, or a Regional Administrator for an aircraft within (b) Each person seizing an aircraft under this section places it in the nearest available and adequate public storage facility in the judicial district in which it was seized. (c) The Regional Administrator or Chief Counsel, without delay, sends a written notice and a copy of this section to the registered owner of the seized aircraft and to each other person shown by FAA records to have an interest in it, stating the— (1) Time, date, and place of seizure; (2) Name and address of the custodian of the aircraft; (3) Reasons for the seizure, including the violations alleged or proven to have been committed; and (4) Amount that may be tendered as— (i) A compromise of a civil penalty for the alleged violation; or (ii) Payment for a civil penalty imposed for a proven violation. (d) The Chief Counsel or Assistant Chief Counsel for Enforcement immediately sends a report to the United States Attorney for the judicial district in which it was seized, requesting the United States Attorney to institute proceedings to enforce a lien against the aircraft. (e) The Regional Administrator or Chief Counsel directs the release of a seized aircraft when— (1) The alleged violator pays a civil penalty or an amount agreed upon in compromise, and the costs of seizing, storing, and maintaining the aircraft; (2) The aircraft is seized under an order of a court of the United States in proceedings in rem initiated under 49 U.S.C.

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 14:§ 13.17