Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73
§580 Interest in suits on bonds for recovery of duties
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Title 19, §580
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Upon all bonds, on which suits are brought for the recovery of duties, interest shall be allowed, at the rate of 6 per centum a year, from the time when said bonds became due.
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Codification R.S. § 963 derived from act Mar. 2, 1799, ch. 22, § 65, 1 Stat. 676. Section was formerly classified to section 787 of Title 28 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, by act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 1, 62 Stat. 869.
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19 U.S.C. § 580
Title 19 — Customs Duties
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Apr 6, 2026
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