---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 72.63"
title: "27"
number: "72.63"
heading: "Conditions of sale."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/72.63"
---

# §72.63. Conditions of sale.

- (a) **No recourse.** All personal property and carriers to be sold shall be offered for sale “as is” and without recourse against the United States.
- (b) **No guarantee.** No guarantee or warranty, expressed or implied, shall be given or understood in respect of any forfeited property or carrier offered for sale.
- (c) **No sale.**
  - (1) The United States reserves the right to reject any and all bids received at public auction and in sealed, competitive bid sales.
  - (2) When “no sale” is declared for property other than cigars, cigarettes, and cigarette papers and tubes, the Director or his delegate shall re-advertise the property for sale.
  - (3) When “no sale” is declared for cigars, cigarettes, or cigarette papers or tubes, such property shall be destroyed or, if fit for human consumption, be given to a Federal or State hospital or institution.
- (d) **One bid.** When only one bid is received for a single unit of property or a carrier offered at public auction or in a sealed, competitive bid sale, such bid shall be considered to be and treated as the highest bid received for that property or carrier.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-9, 39 FR 9954, Mar. 15, 1974, as amended by T.D. ATF-183, 49 FR 37061, Sept. 21, 1984]

### Authority

Authority: 18 U.S.C. 921, 1261; 19 U.S.C. 1607, 1610, 1612, 1613, 1618; 26 U.S.C. 7101, 7322-7325, 7326, 7805; 31 U.S.C. 9301, 9303, 9304, 9306; 40 U.S.C. 304(k); 49 U.S.C. 784, 788.

### Source

Source: T.D. ATF-9, 39 FR 9954, Mar. 15, 1974, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-9, 39 FR 9954, Mar. 15, 1974, as amended by T.D. ATF-183, 49 FR 37061, Sept. 21, 1984]