[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR141.16]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 141--ENTRY OF MERCHANDISE--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart B--Right to Make Entry and Declarations on Entry
 
Sec. 141.16  Disposition of documents.

    (a) Bill of lading or air waybill. When the return of the bill of 
lading or air waybill to the person making entry is requested in 
accordance with section 484(j), Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 
U.S.C. 1484(j)), the port director shall obtain a receipt showing 
sufficient data from the bill of lading or air waybill to completely 
identify it and enable the auditor to verify the production of proper 
evidence of the right to make entry. The receipt shall also show any 
freight charges and weights that appear on the bill of lading or air 
waybill. The port director shall then return the bill of lading or air 
waybill to the person making entry with a notation thereon to the effect 
that entry has been made for the merchandise.
    (b) Other documents. When any of the other documents specified in 
Sec. 141.11(a) (2) through (6) is used in making entry, it shall be 
retained by the port director as evidence that the person making entry 
is authorized to do so.

[T.D. 73-175, 38 FR 17447, July 2, 1973, as amended by T.D. 78-394, 43 
FR 49788, Oct. 25, 1978]

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