Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 28 : Section 2637


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 2637. Exhaustion of administrative remedies

      (a) A civil action contesting the denial of a protest under
    section 515 of the Tariff Act of 1930 may be commenced in the Court
    of International Trade only if all liquidated duties, charges, or
    exactions have been paid at the time the action is commenced,
    except that a surety's obligation to pay such liquidated duties,
    charges, or exactions is limited to the sum of any bond related to
    each entry included in the denied protest.
      (b) A civil action contesting the denial of a petition under
    section 516 of the Tariff Act of 1930 may be commenced in the Court
    of International Trade only by a person who has first exhausted the
    procedures set forth in such section.
      (c) A civil action described in section 1581(h) of this title may
    be commenced in the Court of International Trade prior to the
    exhaustion of administrative remedies if the person commencing the
    action makes the demonstration required by such section.
      (d) In any civil action not specified in this section, the Court
    of International Trade shall, where appropriate, require the
    exhaustion of administrative remedies.



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