27 CFR §72.63
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- (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.