---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 C.F.R. § 144.5"
title: "19"
number: "144.5"
heading: "Period of warehousing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/19/144.5"
---

# §144.5. Period of warehousing.


Merchandise must not remain in a bonded warehouse beyond 5 years from the date of importation or such longer period of time as the Center director may at his discretion permit upon proper request being filed and good cause shown.


## Notes

### Amendments

[CBP Dec. 09-48, 74 FR 68686, Dec. 29, 2009, as amended by CBP Dec. No. 16-26, 81 FR 93020, Dec. 20, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 66, 1484, 1557, 1559, 1624. Section 144.3 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1563; Section 144.33 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1562; Section 144.37 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1555, 1562.

### Source

Source: T.D. 73-175, 38 FR 17464, July 2, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CBP Dec. 09-48, 74 FR 68686, Dec. 29, 2009, as amended by CBP Dec. No. 16-26, 81 FR 93020, Dec. 20, 2016]