[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR171.44]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 171--FINES, PENALTIES, AND FORFEITURES--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart E--Restoration of Proceeds of Sale
 
Sec. 171.44  Forfeited property authorized for official use.

    If forfeited property which is the subject of a claim under section 
613, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1613) has been authorized 
for official use, retention or delivery will be regarded as the sale 
thereof for the purposes of section 613. The appropriation available to 
the receiving agency for the purchase, hire, operation, maintenance and 
repair of property of the kind so received is available for the granting 
of relief to the claimant and for the satisfaction of liens for freight, 
charges and contributions in general average that may have been filed.

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