19 CFR § 172.4 - Demand on surety.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t19/s172.4"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "19 CFR § 172.4 - Demand on surety."
title_number: 19
title_name: "Customs Duties"
section_number: "172.4"
section_name: "Demand on surety."
chapter_name: "U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "172"
part_name: "CLAIMS FOR LIQUIDATED DAMAGES; PENALTIES SECURED BY BONDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "19 U.S.C. 66, 1618, 1623, 1624."
regulatory_source: "T.D. 00-57, 65 FR 53578, Sept. 5, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "172"
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# 172.4 Demand on surety.

If the principal fails to file a petition for relief or fails to comply in the prescribed time with a decision to mitigate a penalty or cancel a claim for liquidated damages issued with regard to a petition for relief, Customs will make a demand for payment on surety. The surety will then have 60 days from the date of the demand to file a petition for relief.