[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 19CFR127.25]

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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 C--Sale of Unclaimed and Abandoned Merchandise
 
Sec. 127.25  Advertisement of sale.

    (a) Regular advertising. Except as prescribed in Sec. 127.28 (c), 
(d), and (h), and in paragraph (b) of this section, a brief notice of 
the time and place of sale shall be given for three successive weeks, 
immediately preceding the sale, in one newspaper of extensive 
circulation published at the port where the sale is to be held. The 
newspaper is to be selected by the port director and publication of the 
notice shall be authorized on the standard form provided for that 
purpose. The notice shall designate the place where catalogs may be 
obtained and a reasonable opportunity to inspect the merchandise shall 
be afforded prospective purchasers.
    (b) Where proceeds are insufficient to pay expenses and duties. If 
the port director is satisfied that the proceeds of the sale will not be 
sufficient to pay the expenses and duties, a written or printed notice 
of the sale in lieu of the advertisement shall be conspicuously posted 
in the customhouse, and, if deemed necessary, at some other proper place 
for the time specified in paragraph (a) of this section.

(Secs. 491, 559, 46 Stat. 726, as amended 744, as amended; (19 U.S.C. 
1491, 1559))