[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: 19CFR142.3]



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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 142_ENTRY PROCESS--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart A_Entry Documentation

 

Sec.  142.3  Entry documentation required.



    (a) Contents. Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, 

the entry documentation required to secure the release of merchandise 

shall consist of the following:

    (1) Entry. Customs Form 3461 (appropriately modified), except that 

Customs Form 7533 (appropriately modified), in duplicate, may be used in 

place of Customs Form 3461 for merchandise imported from a contiguous 

country. The form used shall be prepared in accordance with Sec.  

141.61(a)(1) of this chapter.

    (2) Evidence of the right to make entry. Evidence of the right to 

make entry, as set forth in Sec.  141.11 of this chapter.

    (3) Commercial invoice. A commercial invoice, except that in those 

instances listed in Sec.  141.83(d) of this chapter where a commercial 

invoice is not required, a pro forma invoice or other acceptable 

documentation listed in that section may be submitted in place of a 

commercial invoice.

    (4) Packing list. A packing list, where appropriate.

    (5) Other documentation. Other documents which may be required by 

Customs or other Federal, State, or local agencies for a particular 

shipment.

    (6) Identification. When merchandise is imported having been sold, 

or consigned, to a person in the United States, the name, street 

address, and appropriate identification number of that person, as 

provided in Sec.  24.5 of this chapter, shall be shown on the entry 

documents (CF 3461, 3461 ALT, 7501). When, at the time of immediate 

delivery, entry or release, there is no known buyer, the name, street 

address, and appropriate identification number (as above) of the 

premises in the United States to which the merchandise is to be 

delivered must be shown on the entry or release documents.

    (b) Entry summary filed at time of entry. When the entry summary is 

filed at time of entry, in accordance with Sec.  142.12(a)(1) or Sec.  

142.13.



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    (1) Customs Form 3461 or 7533 shall not be required, and

    (2) Customs Form 7501, or 3311, as appropriate (see Sec.  142.11), 

shall serve as both the entry and the entry summary documentation if the 

additional documentation set out in paragraphs (a)(2), (3), (4), and (5) 

of this section and Sec.  142.16(b) is filed.

    (c) Extra copies. The port director may require additional copies of 

the documentation.



(R.S. 251, as amended (19 U.S.C. 66), secs. 484, 624, 46 Stat. 722, as 

amended, 759 (19 U.S.C. 1484, 1624); sec. 301, 80 Stat. 379 (5 U.S.C. 

301), Pub. L. 95-410 (Oct. 3, 1978); Pub. L. 96-511 (Dec. 11, 1980))



[T.D. 79-221, 44 FR 46821, Aug. 9, 1979, as amended by T.D. 84-129, 49 

FR 23167, June 5, 1984; T.D. 90-92, 55 FR 49884, Dec. 3, 1990]