19 U.S.C. § 338 — Indorsement upon invoice; port of entry

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Someone bringing an invoice for certification must also say which U.S. port the goods will enter. The consul then signs and seals a certificate on each copy of the invoice. That certificate records the date, the person's name, and the declared port of entry.

When someone brings an invoice to a U.S. consul or vice consul to be certified, they must, at the same time, tell the consul which U.S. port they intend to bring the merchandise into. The consul or vice consul then signs and stamps their official seal on a certificate written on each of the triplicate (three) copies of the invoice. That certificate states that the invoice was shown to the consul, the date it was shown, the name of the person who showed it, and the U.S. port the person declared they intended to bring the merchandise into.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

The person producing an invoice for certification shall at the same time declare to the consul or vice consul the port in the United States at which it is intended to make entry of merchandise; whereupon the consul, or vice consul, shall indorse upon each of the triplicates a certificate, under his hand and official seal, stating that the invoice has been produced to him, with the date of such production, and the name of the person by whom the same was produced, and the port in the United States at which it shall be the declared intention to make entry of the merchandise therein mentioned.

Source credit: (R.S. § 2855; Apr. 5, 1906, ch. 1366, § 3, 34 Stat. 100.)

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1906Enacted · Act of Apr. 5, 1906, ch. 1366 · 34 Stat. 100

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