File A Claim

You will need to gather the following to file your claim:

  • Contact information for the claimant
  • Contact information for the attorney representing the claimant for this claim, if one has been retained
  • Knowledge of the assets for which you are filing this claim
  • An explanation of why you are claiming each asset and any documents that support that explanation
  • All Insurance claim and any other recovery information for the assets for which you are filing this claim
  • Any other documents to support this claim. All attached documents must meet the File Attachment Guidelines specified below.

File Attachment Guidelines

  • The following file types are supported: BMP, DOC, DOCX, GIF, JPEG, JPG, PDF, PNG, RTF, TIF, TIFF, TXT. (Note: Pages that do not support all these file types will have amended file attachment guidelines.)
  • The maximum number of attachments per filing is 150.
  • The maximum size per attachment is 10 MB.
  • The maximum allowable dimensions of an image file are 11000 x 11000 pixels.
  • All text, image and PDF files must pass a PDF conversion and merge validation process to verify that the file can be saved into the single PDF document of the completed filing.
  • JPEG/JPG files must pass a compression validation process to verify that the file can fit in the single PDF document of the completed filing without a loss of image quality.
  • All attachments must pass a virus scan.

Notice Letter IDs

If you wish to file a claim using the Notice Letter ID on the personal notice letter you received, please begin by completing the information below. When on the Asset Lookup tab, you may enter any Notice Letter IDs you have in order to select the assets associated with those IDs.

Amendments

You may not use the online process to provide any amendments to your claim. If you wish to file an amendment to your claim, you must provide your documentation and a written explanation to the appropriate agency via U.S. mail. The agency mailing address can be found at https://www.forfeiture.gov/FilingClaim.htm.

Frivolous Claim Statement

If a court finds that a claimant's assertion of an interest in property was frivolous, the court may impose a civil fine. See Title 18 United States Code, Subsection 983(h). A false statement or claim may subject a person to criminal prosecution under Title 18 United States Code, Sections 1001 and 1621.

 

Do you want to file a new claim or resume a previously saved claim?

  • System Requirements

Privacy Act Notice

The Department of Justice is collecting this information for the purpose of processing your claim. Providing this information is voluntary; however, the information is necessary to process your application. Information collected is covered by Privacy Act System of Records Notice Department of Justice (DOJ), DOJ-002-DOJ Computer Systems Activity & Access Records, Federal Register (71 FR 29170(PDF file)). This information may be disclosed to contractors when necessary to accomplish an agency function, to law enforcement when there is a violation or potential violation of law, or in accordance with other published routine uses. For a complete list of routine uses, see the system of records notice listed above.

System Requirements

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