[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: 19CFR148.4]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 148--PERSONAL DECLARATIONS AND EXEMPTIONS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 148.4  Accompanying articles.

    (a) Generally. Articles shall be considered as accompanying a 
passenger or brought in by him if the articles arrive on the same 
vessel, vehicle, or aircraft on the same date as that of his arrival in 
the United States.
    (b) Baggage shipped as freight. Articles in baggage shipped as 
freight on a bill of lading or airway bill shall be considered as 
accompanying a passenger when the baggage arrives on the conveyance on 
which he arrives in the United States.
    (c) Precleared articles. Articles in baggage, or in baggage shipped 
as freight, shall be considered as accompanying a passenger if examined 
at an established preclearance station and the baggage is hand-carried, 
checked or manifested on the conveyance on which he arrives in the 
United States.
    (d) Automobiles. An automobile which arrives on the same mode of 
conveyance on the same date as a passenger arrives in the United States 
shall be considered as accompanying him.
    (e) Misdirected baggage. Baggage which arrives on the same mode of 
conveyance ahead of, or after a passenger, shall be treated as 
accompanying him if it is fully evident to the examining officer from 
the circumstances that:
    (1) The passenger intended the baggage to arrive with him; and
    (2) It was misdirected through no fault of the passenger.

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