[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

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

[CITE: 19CFR24.72]



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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 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]