美国联邦一级有一项两级制度：经过刑事定罪对个人起诉和不经过刑事定罪没收物权。这两种平行的制度规定了对犯罪工具和犯罪所得的没收。因此，美国的法律制度超越了《联合国反腐败公约》关于不经过刑事定罪进行没收的任选 要求（第 54 条第 1(c)款）。在某些情况下也适用行政没收。
At the U.S. federal level, there is a two-tier system of conviction-based in personam forfeiture and non-conviction-based in rem forfeiture. These two parallel systems provide for the forfeiture of both the instrumentalities and proceeds of crime. Thus, the U.S. legal system goes beyond the UNCAC optional requirement on non-conviction based confiscation (article 54, paragraph 1 (c)). Administrative forfeiture can also be applied under certain conditions.