[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: 19CFR113.0]



[Page 537-538]

 

                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

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

              HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

 

PART 113_CUSTOMS BONDS--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  113.0  Scope.









Sec.

113.0 Scope.



                      Subpart A_General Provisions



113.1 Authority to require security or execution of bond.

113.2 Powers of Commissioner of Customs relating to bonds.

113.3 Liability of surety on a terminated bond.

113.4 Bonds and carnets.



             Subpart B_Bond Application and Approval of Bond



113.11 Bond approval.

113.12 Bond application.

113.13 Amount of bond.

113.14 Approved form of bond inadequate.

113.15 Retention of approved bonds.



                       Subpart C_Bond Requirements



113.21 Information required on the bond.

113.22 Witnesses required.

113.23 Changes made on the bond.

113.24 Riders.

113.25 Seals.

113.26 Effective dates of bonds and riders.

113.27 Effective dates of termination of bond.



                    Subpart D_Principals and Sureties



113.30 Information pertaining to principals and sureties on the bond.

113.31 Same party as principal and surety; attorney in fact.

113.32 Partnerships as principals.

113.33 Corporations as principals.

113.34 Co-principals.

113.35 Individual sureties.

113.36 Partner acting as surety on behalf of a partner or on behalf of a 

          partnership.

113.37 Corporate sureties.

113.38 Delinquent sureties.

113.39 Procedure to remove a surety from Treasury Department Circular 

          570.

113.40 Acceptance of cash deposits or obligations of the United States 

          in lieu of sureties on bonds.



                    Subpart E_Production of Documents



113.41 Entry made prior to production of documents.

113.42 Time period for production of documents.

113.43 Extension of time period.

113.44 Assent of sureties to an extension of a bond.

113.45 Charge for production of a missing document made against a 

          continuous bond.



        Subpart F_Assessment of Damages and Cancellation of Bond



113.51 Cancellation of bond or charge against the bond.

113.52 Failure to satisfy the bond.

113.53 Waiver of Customs requirement supported by a bond.

113.54 Cancellation of erroneous charges.

113.55 Cancellation of export bonds.



                    Subpart G_Customs Bond Conditions



113.61 General.

113.62 Basic importation and entry bond conditions.

113.63 Basic custodial bond conditions.

113.64 International carrier bond conditions.

113.65 Repayment of erroneous drawback payment bond conditions.

113.66 Control of containers and instruments of international traffic 

          bond conditions.

113.67 Commercial gauger and commercial laboratory bond conditions.

113.68 Wool and fur products labeling acts and fiber products 

          identification act bond conditions.

113.69 Production of bills of lading bond conditions.

113.70 Bond condition to indemnify United States for detention of 

          copyrighted material.

113.71 Bond condition to observe neutrality.

113.72 Bond condition to pay court costs (condemned goods).

113.73 Foreign trade zone operator bond conditions.

113.74 Bond conditions to indemnify a complainant under section 337 of 

          Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

113.75 Bond conditions for deferral of duty on large yachts imported for 

          sale at United States boat shows.



Appendix A to Part 113--Airport Customs Security Area Bond

Appendix B to Part 113--Bond To Indemnify Complainant Under Section 337, 

          Tariff Act of 1930, as Amended

Appendix C to Part 113--Bond for Deferral of Duty on Large Yachts 

          Imported for Sale at United States Boat Shows



    Authority: 19 U.S.C. 66, 1623, 1624.

    Subpart E also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1484, 1551, 1565.

    Section 113.74 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1337.

    Section 113.75 and Appendix C also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1484b.



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    Source: T.D. 84-213, 49 FR 41171, Oct. 19, 1984, unless otherwise 

noted.





    This part sets forth the general requirements applicable to bonds. 

It contains the general authority and powers of the Commissioner of 

Customs in requiring bonds, bond approval and execution, bond 

conditions, general and special bond requirements, the requirements 

which must be met to be either a principal or a surety, the requirements 

concerning the production of documents, the authority and manner of 

assessing liquidated damages and requirements for cancelling the bond or 

charges against a bond.