[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: 19CFR123.65]

[Page 611-612]
 
                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 123--CUSTOMS RELATIONS WITH CANADA AND MEXICO--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart G--Baggage
 
Sec. 123.65  Domestic baggage transiting Canada or Mexico between ports in the United States.

    (a) General provision. Upon request of the carrier, checked baggage 
of domestic origin may be transported from one port in the United States 
to another through Canada or through Mexico in accord with the procedure 
set forth in this section. The provisions of this section shall not 
apply to domestic hand baggage crossing Canada or Mexico which, upon 
reentry into the United States, shall be examined in the same manner as 
baggage of foreign origin.
    (b) Special in-transit tag manifest. The carrier shall complete and 
attach to each piece of baggage by wire or cord under Customs 
supervision a special in-transit tag manifest furnished by the carrier 
as follows:
    (1) Baggage transiting Mexico. For baggage of domestic origin to be 
transported through Mexico between ports of the United States, the 
special in-transit tag manifest attached to each piece of baggage shall 
be on white cardboard not less than 2\1/2\ x 4\1/2\ inches in size 
printed in substantially the following form:

                          United States Customs

                       in-transit baggage manifest

Carrier's Baggageman: Destroy this tag if owner has access to baggage 
before its return to United States.
Check No. ----.
    This baggage is in transit from -------------------- (Port of exit) 
through foreign territory to -------------------- (Port of reentry) in 
the United States.
    This baggage was laden for transportation as above stated.
    Date --------
________________________________________________________________________
                                                  (U.S. Customs Officer)

    (2) Baggage transiting Canada. For baggage of domestic origin to be 
transported through Canada between ports in the United States, the joint 
United States-Canada in-transit baggage card, Customs Form 7512-B 
(Canada 8\1/2\) or Customs Form 7533-C (Canada A4-\1/2\), shall be used 
as the special in-transit tag manifest attached to each piece of 
baggage.
    (c) Removal of special in-transit tag manifest. The special in-
transit tag manifest shall be removed only by the Customs officers at 
the final port of reentry into the United States. If the officer finds 
the special in-transit tag manifest missing or not intact, or for any 
other reason believes that the baggage has been tampered with while 
outside the United States, he shall detain it for examination. 
Otherwise, baggage transported under the procedure in this section may 
be passed without examination.
    (d) Procedure in lieu of special in-transit tag manifest. In lieu of 
attaching the special in-transit tag manifest to each

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piece of baggage as set forth in paragraph (b) of this section, baggage 
of domestic origin may be forwarded in a car or compartment sealed with 
in-transit seals and manifested as in the case of other merchandise in 
transit through Canada or Mexico, as provided in subpart C of this part.

[T.D. 70-121, 35 FR 8215, May 26, 1970, as amended by T.D. 87-75, 52 FR 
20068, May 29, 1987]