[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 2]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 19CFR171.44]



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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

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

        HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (CONTINUED)

 

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.