[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 19CFR112.2]



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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 

              HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

 

PART 112_CARRIERS, CARTMEN, AND LIGHTERMEN--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart A_General Provisions

 

Sec.  112.2  Bond or license required.



    (a) Carriers. A bond provided for in this part is required to 

transact business as a carrier receiving merchandise for transportation 

in bond.

    (b) Cartmen and lightermen--(1) Necessity for bond. A bond, as 

provided for in this part, is required to transact business as a cartman 

or lighterman. The cartage or lighterage of merchandise designated for 

examination, entered for warehouse, taken to container stations or 

centralized examination stations, taken into custody as unclaimed or 

destined for admission to a foreign trade zone may be done under the 

bond of a cartman or lighterman who is licensed pursuant to the 

provisions of this part or that of a bonded carrier, as provided for in 

paragraph (a) of this section. Foreign trade zone operators, bonded 

warehouse proprietors, container station operators and centralized 

examination station operators may engage in limited cartage or 

lighterage under their respective bonds. A foreign trade zone operator 

may engage in cartage or lighterage under his bond only for merchandise 

destined for his foreign trade zone and may also transport merchandise 

to his zone from anywhere within the district boundaries (see definition 

of ``district'' at Sec.  112.1) where the foreign trade zone is located. 

A bonded warehouse proprietor may engage in cartage or lighterage under 

his bond only for merchandise destined for his bonded warehouse and may 

also transport merchandise to his warehouse from anywhere within the 

district boundaries (see definition of ``district'' at Sec.  112.1) 

where the bonded warehouse is located. A container station operator may 

engage in cartage or lighterage under his bond only for merchandise 

destined for his container station and may also transport merchandise to 

his container station from anywhere within the district boundaries (see 

definition of ``district'' at Sec.  112.1) where the container station 

is located. A centralized examination station operator may engage in 

cartage or lighterage under his bond only for merchandise destined for 

his centralized examination station and may also transport merchandise 

to his centralized examination station from anywhere within the district 

boundaries (see definition of ``district'' at Sec.  112.1) where the 

centralized examination station is located.

    (2) Necessity for license. A license, as provided for in this part, 

is required to transact business as a cartman or lighterman for the 

cartage or lighterage of merchandise. Bonded carriers may engage in 

cartage and lighterage under their bonds without obtaining a license. 

Foreign trade zone operators, bonded warehouse proprietors, container 

station operators and centralized examination station operators may 

engage, under their bonds, in the limited cartage and lighterage and 

other transportation described in this paragraph without obtaining a 

license.



[T.D. 73-140, 38 FR 13551, May 23, 1973, as amended by T.D. 94-81, 59 FR 

51494, Oct. 12, 1994; T.D. 95-77, 60 FR 50020, Sept. 27, 1995]