[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 19CFR142.3]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 142--ENTRY PROCESS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart A--Entry Documentation
 
Sec. 142.3  Entry documentation required.

    (a) Contents. Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, 
the entry documentation required to secure the release of merchandise 
shall consist of the following:
    (1) Entry. Customs Form 3461 (appropriately modified), except that 
Customs Form 7533 (appropriately modified), in duplicate, may be used in 
place of Customs Form 3461 for merchandise imported from a contiguous 
country. The form used shall be prepared in accordance with 
Sec. 141.61(a)(1) of this chapter.
    (2) Evidence of the right to make entry. Evidence of the right to 
make entry, as set forth in Sec. 141.11 of this chapter.
    (3) Commercial invoice. A commercial invoice, except that in those 
instances listed in Sec. 141.83(d) of this chapter where a commercial 
invoice is not required, a pro forma invoice or other acceptable 
documentation listed in that section may be submitted in place of a 
commercial invoice.
    (4) Packing list. A packing list, where appropriate.
    (5) Other documentation. Other documents which may be required by 
Customs or other Federal, State, or local agencies for a particular 
shipment.
    (6) Identification. When merchandise is imported having been sold, 
or consigned, to a person in the United States, the name, street 
address, and appropriate identification number of that person, as 
provided in Sec. 24.5 of this chapter, shall be shown on the entry 
documents (CF 3461, 3461 ALT, 7501). When, at the time of immediate 
delivery, entry or release, there is no known buyer, the name, street 
address, and appropriate identification number (as above) of the 
premises in the United States to which the merchandise is to be 
delivered must be shown on the entry or release documents.
    (b) Entry summary filed at time of entry. When the entry summary is 
filed at time of entry, in accordance with Sec. 142.12(a)(1) or 
Sec. 142.13.
    (1) Customs Form 3461 or 7533 shall not be required, and
    (2) Customs Form 7501, or 3311, as appropriate (see Sec. 142.11), 
shall serve as both the entry and the entry summary documentation if the 
additional documentation set out in paragraphs (a)(2), (3), (4), and (5) 
of this section and Sec. 142.16(b) is filed.

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    (c) Extra copies. The port director may require additional copies of 
the documentation.

(R.S. 251, as amended (19 U.S.C. 66), secs. 484, 624, 46 Stat. 722, as 
amended, 759 (19 U.S.C. 1484, 1624); sec. 301, 80 Stat. 379 (5 U.S.C. 
301), Pub. L. 95-410 (Oct. 3, 1978); Pub. L. 96-511 (Dec. 11, 1980))

[T.D. 79-221, 44 FR 46821, Aug. 9, 1979, as amended by T.D. 84-129, 49 
FR 23167, June 5, 1984; T.D. 90-92, 55 FR 49884, Dec. 3, 1990]