Release of seized property
United States Code
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- 2020Stephen Nichols v. Wayne County, Mich. 6th Cir.
- 2010United States v. UPS Customhouse Brokerage, Inc. Ct. Int'l Trade
- 2002Krimstock v. Kelly 2d Cir.
- 1994Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. United States Ct. Int'l Trade
- 1992United States v. Joseph Health & Beauty Supply S.D.N.Y.
- 1991United States v. Real Property 1st Cir.
- 1991Schrob v. Catterson 3d Cir.
- 1991No. 90-6051 3rd Cir.
- 1986United States v. Von Neumann U.S.
- 1981Von Neumann v. United States 9th Cir.
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If any person claiming an interest in any vessel, vehicle, aircraft, merchandise, or baggage seized under the provisions of this chapter offers to pay the value of such vessel, vehicle, aircraft, merchandise, or baggage, as determined under section 1606 of this title, and it appears that such person has in fact a substantial interest therein, the appropriate customs officer may, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury if under the customs laws, or the Commandant of the Coast Guard or the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, as the case may be, if under the navigation laws, accept such offer and release the vessel, vehicle, aircraft, merchandise, or baggage seized upon the payment of such value thereof, which shall be distributed in the order provided in section 1613 of this title. (Source: (June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 614, 46 Stat. 757; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 101–104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097; Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 301(b), June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 287; Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 321, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2056; Pub. L. 98–573, title II, § 213(a)(12), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2987; Pub. L. 114–125, title VIII, § 802(d)(2), Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 210.))