Sec. 559. WAREHOUSE GOODS DEEMED ABANDONED AFTER 5 YEARS32
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## SEC. 559 WAREHOUSE GOODS DEEMED ABANDONED AFTER 5 YEARS32 **[**[19 U.S.C. 1559](/us/usc/t19/s1559)**]** Merchandise upon which any duties or charges are unpaid, remaining in bonded warehouse beyond 5 years from the date of importation, or such longer period of time as the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection may at its discretion permit upon proper request being filed and good cause shown, shall be regarded as abandoned to the Government and shall be sold under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, and the proceeds of sale paid into the Treasury, as in the case of unclaimed merchandise covered by section 493 of this Act, subject to the payment to the owner or consignee of such amount, if any, as shall remain after deduction of duties, charges, and expenses.
Merchandise upon which all duties and charges have been paid, remaining in bonded warehouse beyond 5 years from the date of importation, or such longer period of time as the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection may at its discretion permit upon proper request being filed and good cause shown, shall be held to be no longer in the custody or control of the officers of the customs. 32The amendment made to section 559 by striking “three years” each place it appears and inserting “5 years” by section 108(b)(1) of Public Law 95–410 was also carried out to the section heading to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
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