[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR141.19]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 141--ENTRY OF MERCHANDISE--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart B--Right to Make Entry and Declarations on Entry
 
Sec. 141.19  Declaration of entry.

    (a) Declaration by consignee. The consignee in whose name an entry 
is made under the provisions of section 484, Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (19 U.S.C. 1484), shall execute the declaration specified in 
section 485(a), Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1485(a)) on:
    (1) The entry summary for merchandise entered for consumption, for 
warehouse, or for temporary importation under bond, or
    (2) The rewarehouse or the bonded manufacturing warehouse entry.

The declaration need not be under oath. When the consignee is a 
partnership, any partner may execute the declaration, and when the 
consignee is a corporation any officer of the corporation may execute 
the declaration.
    (b) Declaration by agent of consignee--(1) Authorized agent with 
knowledge of the facts. When entry is made in a consignee's name by an 
agent who has knowledge of the facts and who is authorized under a 
proper power of attorney by that consignee to make declarations in 
accordance with section 485(f), Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 
U.S.C. 1485(f)), a declaration on the entry or entry summary executed by 
that agent is sufficient and no bond to produce a declaration of the 
consignee is required.
    (2) Other agents. When entry is made in a consignee's name by an 
agent who does not meet the qualifications in paragraph (b)(1) of this 
section either:
    (i) A declaration of the consignee on Customs Form 3347-A shall be 
filed with the entry documentation or entry summary or
    (ii) A charge for the production of the declaration shall be made 
against the bond on Customs Form 301, containing the bond conditions set 
forth in Sec. 113.62 of this chapter. No separate bond of the agent 
shall be required, since a charge against the bond on Customs Form 301, 
containing the bond conditions set forth in Sec. 113.62 of this chapter 
satisfies the requirements of section 485(c), Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (19 U.S.C. 1485(c)).
    (3) Nominal consignee. A nominal consignee who makes entry in his 
own name is not considered an agent within the purview of section 
485(c), Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1485(c)), and he shall 
execute a declaration in accordance with paragraph (a) of this section.
    (c) Books, newspapers, and periodicals. In the case of successive 
importations of books, magazines, newspapers, and periodicals within the 
scope of section 485(b), Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 
1485(b)), one declaration filed at the time of arrival of the first 
importation will be sufficient.

[T.D. 73-175, 38 FR 17447, July 2, 1973, as amended by T.D. 79-221, 44 
FR 46816, June 4, 1979; T.D. 84-213, 49 FR 41184, Oct. 19, 1984]

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