October 2023 — Question 1
Choose the ONE answer that correctly fills in the blank. Merchandise which remains at the carrier’s dock or terminal without a CBP release for a period of fifteen (15) calendar days will be _____.
- ASeized
- BImmediately auctioned
- CGranted a 30-day extension
- DSent to General Order✓ CBP's answer
Why this answer
When merchandise arrives and no entry or release follows, the regulations allow it fifteen calendar days at the carrier's dock or terminal; after that, 123.10 for land arrivals and the general order definitions in 127.1 require the goods to be sent to general order and stored, at the risk and expense of the parties in interest, in a Class 11 warehouse. That keys option D. Seizure requires a suspected violation of law, not mere inaction, and sale of general order merchandise comes only after it remains unclaimed for a further statutory period, so neither option A nor an immediate auction fits; no thirty-day extension is granted automatically. Watch for: Jumping to seizure or auction, which require violations or a further unclaimed period.
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CBP's cited authority
Answer and citations as published in CBP's official answer key for the October 2023 examination.
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