{"data":{"id":"us/41-cfr-102-36.165","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"41 CFR 102-36.165","heading":"-36.165 Abandonment/destruction.","body":"You may abandon or destroy excess personal property when an authorized official of your agency has made a written determination that the property has no commercial value or the estimated cost of its continued care and handling would exceed the estimated proceeds from its sale. It must be approved by a reviewing official who is not directly accountable for the property. An item has no commercial value when it has neither utility nor monetary value as an item or scrap.","path":["Title 41—Public Contracts and Property Management","Subtitle C—Federal Property Management Regulations System","CHAPTER 102—FEDERAL MANAGEMENT REGULATION","SUBCHAPTER B—PERSONAL PROPERTY","PART 102-36—DISPOSITION OF EXCESS PERSONAL PROPERTY","Subpart D—Disposition of Excess Personal Property"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-41.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:05Z","sha256":"19685f3786bb0519a49c70f300af682cc9c5560c01c19219601b4c0a4997140f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/41-cfr-102-36.160","next":"us/41-cfr-102-36.170"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}