41 C.F.R. Subpart C—Voluntarily Abandoned Personal Property
Title 41 - Public Contracts and Property Management
Personal property is voluntarily abandoned when the owner of the property intentionally and voluntarily gives up title to such property and title vests in the Government. The receiving agency ordinarily documents receipt of the property to evidence its voluntary relinquishment. Evidence of the voluntary abandonment may be circumstantial. You may either retain or dispose of voluntarily abandoned personal property based on the following circumstances: (a) If your agency has a need for the property, you may retain it for official use, except for large sedans and limousines which may only be retained for official use as authorized under part 102–34 of this subchapter B. See §102–41.90 for how retained property must be handled. (b) If your agency doesn't need the property, you should determine whether it may be abandoned or destroyed in accordance with the provisions at FMR 102–36.305 through 102–36.330. Furthermore, in addition to the circumstances when property may be abandoned or destroyed without public notice at FMR 102–36.330, voluntarily abandoned property may also be abandoned or destroyed without public notice when the estimated resale value of the property is less than $500. (c) If the property is not retained for official use or abandoned or destroyed, you must report it to GSA as excess in accordance with §102–41.95. Voluntarily abandoned personal property retained for official use or transferred to another Federal agency under this subpart loses its identity as voluntarily abandoned property. When no longer required for official use, you must report it to GSA as excess, or abandon/destroy the property, in accordance with part 102–36 of this subchapter B. Except for aircraft, firearms, and vessels, report voluntarily abandoned personal property to the regional GSA Property Management Branch office for the region in which the property is located. Report aircraft, firearms, and vessels to the regional GSA Property Management Branch office specified in §102–36.125 of this subchapter B. When reporting voluntarily abandoned personal property to GSA, you must provide a description and location of the property, and annotate that the property was voluntarily abandoned. Voluntarily abandoned personal property reported to GSA will be made available for transfer, donation, sale, or abandonment/destruction in accordance with parts 102–36, 102–37, 102–38, and §§102–36.305 through 102–36.330 of this subchapter B, respectively. You must follow the additional provisions of §§102–41.190 through 102–41.235 and part 101–42 of Chapter 101, Federal Property Management Regulations in this title when disposing of firearms and other property requiring special handling. No, all transfers of voluntarily abandoned personal property will be without reimbursement. However, you may charge the recipient agency all costs you incurred in storing, packing, loading, preparing for shipment, and transporting the property. No, you must deposit the sales proceeds in the U.S. Treasury as miscellaneous receipts unless your agency has specific statutory authority to do otherwise.
Title 41: Public Contracts and Property Management
PART 102–41—DISPOSITION OF SEIZED, FORFEITED, VOLUNTARILY ABANDONED, AND UNCLAIMED PERSONAL PROPERTY
Subpart C—Voluntarily Abandoned Personal Property
§ 102-41.80 When is personal property voluntarily abandoned?
§ 102-41.85 What choices do I have for retaining or disposing of voluntarily abandoned personal property?
§ 102-41.90 What happens to voluntarily abandoned personal property retained for official use?
§ 102-41.95 Where do we send the reports for voluntarily abandoned personal property?
§ 102-41.100 What information do we provide when reporting voluntarily abandoned personal property to GSA?
§ 102-41.105 What happens to voluntarily abandoned personal property when reported to GSA?
§ 102-41.110 Are transfers of voluntarily abandoned personal property reimbursable?
§ 102-41.115 May we retain the proceeds received from the sale of voluntarily abandoned personal property?
