(1) When the Commissioner of the Korea Customs Service or the head of a customs office does not forfeit seized goods, he or she shall return such seized goods or proceeds from the sale of such seized goods.
(2) If it is impossible to return the seized goods or the proceeds from the sale of such seized goods as prescribed in paragraph (1) on the grounds that the address or residence of a person to whom such seized goods or proceeds from the sale of such seized goods belong are unidentifiable and for other reasons, a summary thereon shall be published.
(3) If no request is filed for the return of the seized goods or the proceeds from the sale of such seized goods until the expiration of six months from the date on which the publication referred to in paragraph (2) was made, such seized goods and the proceeds from the sale of such seized goods may revert to the National Treasury.
(4) If there exist unpaid customs duties on the seized goods referred to in paragraph (1), such seized goods or the proceeds from the sale of such seized goods shall be returned to a person to whom the seized goods belong after collecting such unpaid customs duties from him or her.[This Article Wholly Amended on Dec. 30, 2010]