# Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000; Penalty for Frivolous Assertion of Claim — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000; Penalty for Frivolous Assertion of Claim, agency is DOJ; statutory authority is 18 U.S.C. 983(h)(1); maximum penalty is 9,072; minimum penalty is 453,, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** DOJ _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000; Penalty for Frivolous Assertion of Claim _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 18 U.S.C. 983(h)(1) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 9,072 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Minimum penalty:** 453, _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/18/983> 18 U.S.C. 983(h)(1) | Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000; Penalty for Frivolous Assertion of Claim | | Min 442, Max 8,842 | Min 453, Max 9,072

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-28/chapter-I/part-85/section-85.5

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-02-26.
Part of [Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies](https://referencesource.org/federal-civil-penalty-maximums/).