[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 2]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 19CFR141.16]



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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

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

        HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (CONTINUED)

 

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]