[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR127.12]

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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. 127.12  Abandoned merchandise.

    (a) Involuntarily abandoned merchandise. The following shall be 
considered to be involuntarily abandoned merchandise:
    (1) Articles entered for a trade fair under the provisions of 
section 3 of the Trade Fair Act of 1959 (19 U.S.C. 1752), which are 
still in Customs custody at the expiration of 3 months after the closing 
date of the fair for which they were entered. (See Sec. 147.47 of this 
chapter.)
    (2) Any imported merchandise upon which any duties or charges are 
unpaid, remaining in a bonded warehouse beyond the 5-year warehouse 
period.
    (b) Voluntarily abandoned merchandise. The following merchandise 
shall be considered to be voluntarily abandoned merchandise and the 
property of the United States Government:
    (1) Merchandise which is taken possession of by the port director at 
the request of the consignee, or owner or master of the vessel or person 
in charge of the vehicle in which the merchandise was imported.
    (2) Merchandise abandoned by the importer to the United States 
within 30

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days after entry in the case of merchandise not sent to the public 
stores for examination, or within 30 days after the release of the 
examination packages or merchandise in the case of merchandise sent to 
the public stores for examination.
    (3) Articles entered for a trade fair under the provisions of 
section 3 of the Trade Fair Act of 1959 (19 U.S.C. 1752), which have 
been abandoned to the United States within 3 months of the closing of 
the fair.
    (4) Merchandise in a bonded warehouse abandoned by the consignee 
within 3 years from the date of original importation. (See subpart D of 
part 158 of this chapter.)

[T.D. 74-114, 39 FR 12092, Apr. 3, 1974, as amended by T.D. 79-221, 44 
FR 46814, Aug. 9, 1979]