[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: 19CFR151.7]



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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 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 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]