{"data":{"id":"us/18-u.s.c.-4012","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"18 U.S.C. § 4012","heading":"Summary seizure and forfeiture of prison contraband","body":"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.","path":["Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 301—GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc18@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:53Z","sha256":"06d524342e04a331e000cb2e1da58057ecc9ff981e68e954940882929a7fa9d3","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/18-u.s.c.-4011","next":"us/18-u.s.c.-4013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}