Laws and Regs

[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR123.8]
[Page 595-596]
TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
PART 123--CUSTOMS RELATIONS WITH CANADA AND MEXICO--Table of Contents
Subpart A--General Provisions
Sec. 123.8
vehicle.

Permit or special license to unlade or lade a vessel or

(a) Permission to unlade or lade. Before any passenger or
merchandise, including baggage, may be landed or discharged from any
vessel of less than 5 net tons arriving from Canada or Mexico by any
route, or from a vehicle, permission to unlade shall be obtained from a
Customs officer. Permission to unlade during overtime hours, on a
Sunday
or holiday, or to lade during overtime hours on a Sunday or holiday
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merchandise requiring Customs supervision, shall be obtained from the
port director. Permission to unlade is not required for a vessel of
less
than 5 net tons arriving otherwise than by sea carrying no baggage or
other merchandise. For permission to unlade or lade for vessels of 5
net
tons or over, see Sec. 4.30 of this chapter.
(b) Application for permit or special license to unlade or lade-(1)
Permit to unlade during regular hours. Application for a permit to
unlade any vehicle or a vessel of less than 5 net tons may be made and
permission may be granted orally. The port director may require that
the
application and permission to unlade be on Customs Form 3171.
(2) Special license to unlade or lade at night, on a Sunday or
holiday. Application for permission to unlade passengers or merchandise
from, or lade any merchandise requiring Customs supervision on, a
vessel
of less than 5 net tons or a vehicle arriving from or departing for
Canada or Mexico by any route at night, on a Sunday or holiday, and
requests for any reimbursable overtime services shall be made on
Customs
Form 3171. In the discretion of the port director and under such
condition as he may deem advisable the application may be made orally
for vessels of less than 5 net tons and vehicles not carrying persons
or

property for hire, but requests for reimbursable overtime services
shall
be on Customs Form 3171. The port director may authorize Customs
inspectors to approve the request for overtime services and to grant
oral permission to unlade or lade.
(c) Cash deposit or bond for overtime services. A request for
reimbursable overtime services shall not be approved unless the
required
cash deposit or bond on Customs Form 301, containing the bond
conditions
set forth in Sec. 113.64 of this chapter, is on file or is filed with
the request.
(d) Term permit or special license. A permit or special license
required by this section may be issued on a term basis in the manner,
and under the conditions applicable, described in Sec. 4.30 (f) or (g)
of this chapter.
[T.D. 70-121, 35 FR 8215, May 26, 1970, as amended by T.D. 84-213, 49
FR
41183, Oct. 19, 1984; T.D. 94-2, 58 FR 68526, Dec. 28, 1993]