[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: 19CFR151.7]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 151--EXAMINATION, SAMPLING, AND TESTING OF MERCHANDISE--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 151.7  Examination elsewhere than at place of arrival or public stores.

    The port director may require or authorize examination at a place 
other than the place of arrival or the public stores, such as at the 
importer's premises or at a centralized examination station under 
Sec. 151.15 of this part. If examination at a place other than at the 
place of arrival or the public stores is authorized it will be subject 
to the following conditions:
    (a) Sealing of packages. If examination is to be made at the 
importer's premises or other place not under the control of Customs, the 
port director may

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require the packages to be corded and sealed by a Customs officer before 
the packages are removed from the place of arrival. The packages shall 
be opened only in the presence of the Customs officer authorized to 
examine their contents.
    (b) Preparation for Customs examination and closing of packages. 
Except when merchandise is required by the port director to be examined 
at the public stores, the importer shall arrange and bear any expense 
for preparation of the merchandise for Customs examination and closing 
of packages.
    (c) Reimbursement of expenses outside port limits. If the place of 
examination is not located within the limits of a port of entry or at a 
Customs station at which Customs is permanently located, whether or not 
that location is the place of arrival, the importer shall pay any 
additional expenses, including actual expenses of travel and subsistence 
but not the salary during regular hours of duty of the examining 
officer. However, no collection will be made if the total amount 
chargeable against one importer for one day amounts to less than 50 
cents. If the total amount chargeable amounts to 50 cents or more but 
less than $1, a minimum charge of $1 will be made.
    (d) Bond for removal from Customs custody. Before permitting the 
removal of merchandise for examination elsewhere than at the public 
stores, wharf, or other place under the control of Customs, the port 
director shall require the importer to execute a bond on Customs Form 
301, containing the bond conditions set forth in Sec. 113.62 of this 
chapter.

[T.D. 73-175, 38 FR 17470, July 2, 1973, as amended by T.D. 84-152, 49 
FR 29374, July 20, 1984; T.D. 84-213, 49 FR 41186, Oct. 19, 1984; T.D. 
93-6, 58 FR 5606, Jan. 22, 1993]