[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR24.72]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 24--CUSTOMS FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 24.72  Claims; set-off.

    When an importer of record or other party has a judgment or other 
claim allowed by legal authority against the United States, and he is 
indebted to the United States, either as principal or surety, for an 
amount which is legally fixed and undisputed, the port director shall 
set off so much of the judgment or other claim as will equal the amount 
of the debt due the Government.

[T.D. 56388, 30 FR 4671, Apr. 10, 1965]

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