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19 U.S.C. § 527 — Sums received from fines and other receipts covered into Treasury

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19 U.S.C. § 527 — Sums received from fines and other receipts covered into Treasury

Except as otherwise provided by law, all sums received from fines, penalties, and forfeitures, connected with the customs, and from fees paid into the Treasury by customs officers, and from storage, cartage, drayage, labor, and services, shall be covered into the Treasury as are other miscellaneous receipts.

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Except as otherwise provided by law, all sums received from fines, penalties, and forfeitures, connected with the customs, and from fees paid into the Treasury by customs officers, and from storage, cartage, drayage, labor, and services, shall be covered into the Treasury as are other miscellaneous receipts.

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19 U.S.C. § 1524 — Deposit of reimbursable charges

Receipts for any reimbursable charges or expenses which have been paid for out of any appropriation for collecting the revenue from customs shall be deposited as a refund to such appropriation instead of being covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, as provided by [section 527 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section527&num=0&edition=prelim).

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19 U.S.C. § 1619 — Award of compensation to informers

**(a) In general** If— (1) any person who is not an employee or officer of the United States— (A) detects and seizes any vessel, vehicle, aircraft, merchandise, or baggage subject to seizure and forfeiture under the customs laws or the navigation laws and reports such detection and seizure to a customs officer, or (B) furnishes to a United States attorney, the Secretary of the Treasury, or any customs officer original information concerning— (i) any fraud upon the customs revenue, or (ii) any violation of the customs laws or the navigation laws which is being, or has been, perpetrated or contemplated by any other person; and (2) such detection and seizure or such information leads to a recovery of— (A) any duties withheld, or (B) any fine, penalty, or forfeiture of property incurred; the Secretary may award and pay such person an amount that does not exceed 25 percent of the net amount so recovered. **(b) Forfeited property not sold** If— (1) any vessel, vehicle, aircraft, merchandise, or baggage is forfeited to the United States and is thereafter, in lieu of sale— (A) destroyed under the customs or navigation laws, or (B) delivered to any governmental agency for official use, and (2) any person would be eligible to receive an award under subsection (a) but for the lack of sale of such forfeited property, the Secretary may award and pay such person an amount that does not exceed 25 percent of the appraised value of such forfeited property. **(c) Dollar limitation** The amount awarded and paid to any person under this section may not exceed $250,000 for any case. **(d) Source of payment** Unless otherwise provided by law, any amount paid under this section shall be paid out of appropriations available for the collection of the customs r

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19 U.S.C. § 527 — Sums received from fines and other re-

Page 58 TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES § 526 § 526. Repealed. Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 887, § 4(a)(28), 70 Stat. 948 Section, R.S. § 3089, related to costs of prosecution. See section 1613(1) of this title. § 527. Sums received from fines and other re- ceipts covered into Treasury Except as otherwise provided by law, all sums received from fines, penalties, and forfeitures, connected with the customs, and from fees paid into the Treasury by customs officers, and from storage, cartage, drayage, labor, and services, shall be covered into the Treasury as are other miscellaneous receipts. (Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2918, § 1, 34 Stat. 1315.) § 528. Appropriate customs officer to receive amount recovered The appropriate customs officer within whose district any seizure shall be made or forfeiture incurred for any violation of the duty laws is au- thorized to receive from the court within which trial is had, or from the proper officer thereof, the sum recovered, after deducting all proper charges to be allowed by the court; and on re- ceipt thereof he shall pay and distribute the same without delay, according to law. (R.S. § 3087; June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 604, 46 Stat. 754; Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 319, June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 293.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION This section was derived from R.S. § 3087, which, how- ever, contained a further provision requiring collectors to cause suits to be commenced without delay and pros- ecuted to effect. That provision was omitted as incon- sistent with section 604 of act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, 42 Stat. 984, constituting former section 511 of this title. Act Sept. 21, 1922, was repealed by act June 17, 1930, but section 604 of the latter Act, constituting section 1604 of this title, reenacted section 604 of the fo

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