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19 U.S.C. § 1494 — Expense of weighing and measuring
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In all cases in which the invoice or entry does not state the weight, quantity, or measure of the merchandise, the expense of ascertaining the same shall be collected from the importer of record before its release from customs custody.
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In all cases in which the invoice or entry does not state the weight, quantity, or measure of the merchandise, the expense of ascertaining the same shall be collected from the importer of record before its release from customs custody.
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**(a) Requirement and time**
(1) Except as provided in sections 1490, 1498, 1552, and 1553 of this title, one of the parties qualifying as “importer of record” under paragraph (2)(B), either in person or by an agent authorized by the party in writing, shall, using reasonable care—
(A) make entry therefor by filing with the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection such documentation or, pursuant to an authorized electronic data interchange system, such information as is necessary to enable the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to determine whether the merchandise may be released from custody of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection; 11 So in original. The word “and” probably should appear at end.
(B) complete the entry, or substitute 1 or more reconfigured entries on an import activity summary statement, by filing with the Customs Service the declared value, classification and rate of duty applicable to the merchandise, and such other documentation or, pursuant to an electronic data interchange system, such other information as is necessary to enable the Customs Service to—
(i) properly assess duties on the merchandise,
(ii) collect accurate statistics with respect to the merchandise, and
(iii) determine whether any other applicable requirement of law (other than a requirement relating to release from customs custody) is met.
(2)
(A) The documentation or information required under paragraph (1) with respect to any imported merchandise shall be filed or transmitted in such manner and within such time periods as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe. Such regulations shall provide for the filing of import activity summary statements, and permit the filing of reconfigured entries, covering merchandise released under a special deliv
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### Statutory Notes
Sections, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, §§ 482(e), (f), 483, 484(a)–(g), 485(a)–(f), 486–497, 498(a), (b), 499, and 500(a)–(c), 42 Stat. 959–965, related to ascertainment, collection and recovery of goods.
Provisions of Tariff Act of 1930 corresponding to section 342, see [section 1482(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1482/e&num=0&edition=prelim); section 343, see [section 1482(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1482/f&num=0&edition=prelim); section 344, see [section 1483 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1483&num=0&edition=prelim); section 345, see [section 1484(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1484/a&num=0&edition=prelim); section 346, see [section 1484(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1484/b&num=0&edition=prelim); section 347, see [section 1484(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1484/c&num=0&edition=prelim); section 348, see [section 1484(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1484/d&num=0&edition=prelim); section 349, see [section 1484(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1484/e&num=0&edition=prelim); section 350, see [section 1484(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1484/f&num=0&edition=prelim); section 351, see [section 1484(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-secti
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TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES
§ 1495
Department of the Treasury, including functions of the
Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of re-
lated references, see sections 203(1), 551(d), 552(d), and
557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department
of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of Novem-
ber 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section
542 of Title 6. For establishment of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Se-
curity, treated as if included in Pub. L. 107–296 as of
Nov. 25, 2002, see section 211 of Title 6, as amended gen-
erally by Pub. L. 114–125, and section 802(b) of Pub. L.
114–125, set out as a note under section 211 of Title 6.
§ 1493. Proceeds of sale
The surplus of the proceeds of sales under sec-
tion 1491 of this title, after the payment of stor-
age charges, expenses, duties, taxes, and fees,
and the satisfaction of any lien for freight,
charges, or contribution in general average,
shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United
States, if claim therefor shall not be filed with
the Customs Service within ten days from the
date of sale, and the sale of such merchandise
shall exonerate the master of any vessel in
which the merchandise was imported from all
claims of the owner thereof, who shall, never-
theless, on due proof of his interest, be entitled
to receive from the Treasury the amount of any
surplus of the proceeds of sale.
(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 493, 46 Stat. 727;
Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 301(e), June 2, 1970, 84
Stat. 288; Pub. L. 103–182, title VI, § 661, Dec. 8,
1993, 107 Stat. 2214.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Provisions substantially similar in most respects to
those in this sec
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