[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

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[CITE: 19CFR127.12]



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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 

              HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

 

PART 127_GENERAL ORDER, UNCLAIMED, AND ABANDONED MERCHANDISE--Table 

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              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 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]