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19 U.S.C. § 1608 — Seizure; claims; judicial condemnation
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Any person claiming such vessel, vehicle, aircraft, merchandise, or baggage may at any time within twenty days from the date of the first publication of the notice of seizure file with the appropriate customs officer a claim stating his interest therein. Upon the filing of such claim, and the giving of a bond to the United States in the penal sum of $5,000 or 10 percent of the value of the claimed property, whichever is lower, but not less than $250, with sureties to be approved by such customs officer, conditioned that in case of condemnation of the articles so claimed the obligor shall pay all the costs and expenses of the proceedings to obtain such condemnation, such customs officer shall transmit such claim and bond, with a duplicate list and description of the articles seized, to the United States attorney for the district in which seizure was made, who shall proceed to a condemnation of the merchandise or other property in the manner prescribed by law.
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Any person claiming such vessel, vehicle, aircraft, merchandise, or baggage may at any time within twenty days from the date of the first publication of the notice of seizure file with the appropriate customs officer a claim stating his interest therein. Upon the filing of such claim, and the giving of a bond to the United States in the penal sum of $5,000 or 10 percent of the value of the claimed property, whichever is lower, but not less than $250, with sureties to be approved by such customs officer, conditioned that in case of condemnation of the articles so claimed the obligor shall pay all the costs and expenses of the proceedings to obtain such condemnation, such customs officer shall transmit such claim and bond, with a duplicate list and description of the articles seized, to the United States attorney for the district in which seizure was made, who shall proceed to a condemnation of the merchandise or other property in the manner prescribed by law.
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**(a) Marking of articles** Except as hereinafter provided, every article of foreign origin (or its container, as provided in subsection (b) hereof) imported into the United States shall be marked in a conspicuous place as legibly, indelibly, and permanently as the nature of the article (or container) will permit in such manner as to indicate to an ultimate purchaser in the United States the English name of the country of origin of the article. The Secretary of the Treasury may by regulations—
(1) Determine the character of words and phrases or abbreviations thereof which shall be acceptable as indicating the country of origin and prescribe any reasonable method of marking, whether by printing, stenciling, stamping, branding, labeling, or by any other reasonable method, and a conspicuous place on the article (or container) where the marking shall appear;
(2) Require the addition of any other words or symbols which may be appropriate to prevent deception or mistake as to the origin of the article or as to the origin of any other article with which such imported article is usually combined subsequent to importation but before delivery to an ultimate purchaser; and
(3) Authorize the exception of any article from the requirements of marking if—
(A) Such article is incapable of being marked;
(B) Such article cannot be marked prior to shipment to the United States without injury;
(C) Such article cannot be marked prior to shipment to the United States, except at an expense economically prohibitive of its importation;
(D) The marking of a container of such article will reasonably indicate the origin of such article;
(E) Such article is a crude substance;
(F) Such article is imported for use by the importer and not intended for sale in its imported or any o
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The Customs Service shall, under rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary—
**(a)** fix the final appraisement of merchandise by ascertaining or estimating the value thereof, under [section 1401a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1401a&num=0&edition=prelim), by all reasonable ways and means in his power, any statement of cost or costs of production in any invoice, affidavit, declaration, other document to the contrary notwithstanding;
**(b)** fix the final classification and rate of duty applicable to such merchandise;
**(c)** fix the final amount of duty to be paid on such merchandise and determine any increased or additional duties, taxes, and fees due or any excess of duties, taxes, and fees deposited;
**(d)** liquidate the entry and reconciliation, if any, of such merchandise; and
**(e)** give or transmit, pursuant to an electronic data interchange system, notice of such liquidation to the importer, his consignee, or agent in such form and manner as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe.
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### Statutory Notes
Sections, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, §§ 602–614, 42 Stat. 984–987, related to pleading, procedure and disposition of seized articles or proceeds therefrom.
Provisions of Tariff Act of 1930 corresponding to section 509, see [section 1602 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1602&num=0&edition=prelim); section 510, see [section 1603 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1603&num=0&edition=prelim); section 511, see [section 1604 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1604&num=0&edition=prelim); section 512, see [section 1605 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1605&num=0&edition=prelim); section 513, see [section 1606 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1606&num=0&edition=prelim); section 514, see [section 1607 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1607&num=0&edition=prelim); section 515, see [section 1608 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1608&num=0&edition=prelim); section 516, see [section 1609 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1609&num=0&edition=prelim); section 517, see [section 1610 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1610&num=0&edition=prelim); section 518, see [section 1611 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1611&num=0&edition=prelim); section 519, see [section 1612 of this title](https://uscode
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TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES
§ 1608
542 of Title 6. For establishment of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Se-
curity, treated as if included in Pub. L. 107–296 as of
Nov. 25, 2002, see section 211 of Title 6, as amended gen-
erally by Pub. L. 114–125, and section 802(b) of Pub. L.
114–125, set out as a note under section 211 of Title 6.
§ 1608. Seizure; claims; judicial condemnation
Any person claiming such vessel, vehicle, air-
craft, merchandise, or baggage may at any time
within twenty days from the date of the first
publication of the notice of seizure file with the
appropriate customs officer a claim stating his
interest therein. Upon the filing of such claim,
and the giving of a bond to the United States in
the penal sum of $5,000 or 10 percent of the value
of the claimed property, whichever is lower, but
not less than $250, with sureties to be approved
by such customs officer, conditioned that in
case of condemnation of the articles so claimed
the obligor shall pay all the costs and expenses
of the proceedings to obtain such condemnation,
such customs officer shall transmit such claim
and bond, with a duplicate list and description
of the articles seized, to the United States attor-
ney for the district in which seizure was made,
who shall proceed to a condemnation of the mer-
chandise or other property in the manner pre-
scribed by law.
(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 608, 46 Stat. 755;
Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 301(e), June 2, 1970, 84
Stat. 288; Pub. L. 98–473, title II, §§ 312, 321, Oct.
12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2054, 2056; Pub. L. 98–573, title II,
§ 213(a)(5), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2985; Pub. L.
99–570, title I, § 1862, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat.
3207–54; Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7367(c)
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