[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 19CFR127.11]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 127--GENERAL ORDER, UNCLAIMED, AND ABANDONED MERCHANDISE--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart B--Unclaimed and Abandoned Merchandise
 
Sec. 127.11  Unclaimed merchandise.


    Any entered or unentered merchandise (except merchandise under 
section 557, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1557), but 
including merchandise entered for transportation in bond or for 
exportation) which remains in Customs custody for 6 months from the date 
of importation or a lesser period for special merchandise as provided by 
Sec. 127.28 (c), (d), and (h), and without all estimated duties and 
storage or other charges having been paid, shall be considered unclaimed 
and abandoned.

(Sec. 491, 46 Stat. 726, as amended; (19 U.S.C. 1491))

[T.D. 79-221, 44 FR 46814, Aug. 9, 1979, as amended by T.D. 98-74, 63 FR 
51290, Sept. 25, 1998]