being committed by the defendant; the seized assets are temporarily held and become government property officially after an accused person has been convicted by a court of law; if the person is found to be not guilty, the seized property must be returned. Normally both civil and criminal forfeitures require involvement by the judiciary; however, there is a variant of civil forfeiture called administrative forfeiture which is essentially a civil forfeiture which does not require involvement by the judiciary, which derives its powers from the Tariff Act of 1930, and empowers police to seize banned imported merchandise, as well as things used to import or transport or store a controlled substance, money, or other property which is less than $500,000 value. See also United States constitutional criminal procedure References Further reading Fifth Amendment with Annotations "Fifth Amendment Rights of a Resident Alien After Balsys". Lloyd, Sean K. In: Tulsa Journal of Comparative & International Law, Vol. 6, Issue 2 (Spring 1999), pp. 163–194. "An analysis of American Fifth Amendment jurisprudence and its relevance to the South African right to silence". Theophilopoulos C. In: South African Law Journal, Mar 2006, Vol. 123, Issue 3, pp. 516–538. Juta Law Publishing, 2006. "Fifth Amendment: Rights of Detainees". The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. 70(4):482–489; Williams & Wilkins Company, 1979. "FBAR Reporting and the Required Records Doctrine: Continued Erosion of Fifth Amendment Rights". COMISKY, IAN M.; LEE, MATTHEW D. Journal of Taxation & Regulation of Financial Institutions. Mar/Apr 2012, Vol. 25 Issue 4, pp. 17–22. "Fifth Amendment Rights of a Client regarding Documents Held by His Attorney: United States v. White". In: Duke Law Journal. 1973(5):1080–1097; Duke University School of Law, 1973. Matthew J. Weber. "Warning—Weak Password: The Courts' Indecipherable Approach to Encryption and the Fifth Amendment", U. Ill. J.L Tech & Pol'y (2016). External links Cornell Law Information 1954 essay on reasons to plead the 5th Don't Talk to the Police Video 1791 in American law 05 05 1791 in American politics Eminent domain