[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR18.13]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 18--TRANSPORTATION IN BOND AND MERCHANDISE IN TRANSIT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 18.13  Procedure; manifest.

    (a) Baggage may be forwarded in bond to another port of entry, or to 
a Customs station listed in Sec. 101.4 of this chapter, at the request 
of the passenger, the transportation company, or the agent of either, 
with the use of a baggage manifest described in paragraph (b) of this 
section without examination or assessment of duty at the port or station 
of first arrival. For this purpose, the carrier shall furnish cards of 
bright red cardboard not less than 2\1/2\ by 4 inches in size with the 
following printed text, for attachment (by wire or cord) to the baggage:

                          United States Customs

Check No._______________________________________________________________
Baggage in bond:
Carrier_________________________________________________________________
From____________________________________________________________________

                            to port director

At (destination)________________________________________________________
    This baggage must be delivered by carrier to the director of the 
port of destination. Failure to do so renders the carrier liable to a 
fine.

    (b) A Customs manifest for baggage shipped in bond, Customs Form 
7512, shall be prepared in triplicate for each shipment.
    (c) Baggage arriving in bond or otherwise at a port on the Atlantic 
or Pacific coast, destined to a port on the opposite coast, may be laden 
under Customs supervision, without examination and without being placed 
in bond, on a vessel proceeding to the opposite coast, provided the 
vessel will proceed

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to the opposite coast without stopping at any other port on the first 
coast.

[28 FR 14755, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by T.D. 70-121, 35 FR 8222, May 
26, 1970; T.D. 77-241, 42 FR 54937, Oct. 12, 1977; T.D. 87-75, 52 FR 
20067, May 29, 1987; T.D. 00-22, 65 FR 16517, Mar. 29, 2000]