[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

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[CITE: 19CFR4.2]



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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 4_VESSELS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TRADES--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  4.2  Reports of arrival of vessels.



    (a) Upon arrival in any port or place within the U.S., including, 

for purposes of this section, the U.S. Virgin Islands, of any vessel 

from a foreign port or place, any foreign vessel from a port or place 

within the U.S., or any vessel of the U.S. carrying bonded merchandise 

or foreign merchandise for which entry has not been made, the master of 

the vessel shall immediately report that arrival to the nearest Customs 

facility or other location designated by the



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port director. The report of arrival, except as supplemented in local 

instructions issued by the port director and made available to 

interested parties by posting in Customs offices, publication in a 

newspaper of general circulation, and other appropriate means, shall be 

made by any means of communication to the port director or to a Customs 

officer assigned to board the vessel. The Customs officer may require 

the production of any documents or papers deemed necessary for the 

proper inspection/examination of the vessel, cargo, passenger, or crew.

    (b) For purposes of this part, ``foreign port or place'' includes a 

hovering vessel, as defined in 19 U.S.C. 1401(k), and any point in 

Customs waters beyond the territorial sea or on the high seas at which a 

vessel arriving in a port or place in the U.S. has received merchandise.

    (c) In the case of certain vessels arriving either in distress or 

for the limited purpose of taking on certain supplies and departing 

within a 24-hour time period without having landed or taken on any 

passengers or other merchandise (see section 441(4), Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended), the report may be filed by either the master, owner, or 

agent, and shall be in the form and give the information required by 

that statute, except that the report need not be under oath. A derelict 

vessel shall be considered one in distress and any person bringing it 

into port may report its arrival.

    (d) The report of baggage and merchandise required to be made by 

certain passenger vessels making three or more trips a week between U.S. 

and foreign ports and vessels used exclusively as ferryboats carrying 

passengers, baggage, or merchandise (see section 441(2), Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended), is in addition to the required report of arrival, and 

shall be made within 24 hours of arrival.



[T.D. 93-96, 58 FR 67315, Dec. 21, 1993, as amended by T.D. 94-44, 59 FR 

23795, May 9, 1994]