[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR101.7]

[Page 398]
 
                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 101--GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 101.7  Customs seal.

    (a) Design. According to the design furnished by the Department of 
the Treasury, the Customs seal of the United States shall consist of the 
seal of the Department of the Treasury surrounded by an outer circle in 
which appear the words ``Treasury'' at the top and ``U.S. Customs 
Service'' at the bottom.
    (b) Use of the Customs seal. The Customs seal currently in official 
use, including the dies, rolls, plates, and like devices now in the 
possession of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, shall continue to be 
equally effective as the official seal of the United States Customs 
Service and shall continue to be so used by each Customs officer and 
employee having possession of the seal until that particular device 
requires replacing and is replaced. Use of the United States Customs 
seal shall be restricted in the following manner:
    (1) The Customs seal of the United States shall be impressed upon 
all official documents requiring the impress of a seal. It shall be 
impressed upon all marine documents and landing certificates, 
certificates of weight, gauge, or measure, and similar classes of 
documents for outside interests.
    (2) The impress of the seal is not necessary on documents passing 
within the Customs Service nor shall the seal be used in the manner of a 
notary seal to indicate authority to administer oaths.