Customs Power of Attorney

 

 

  

 

Customs I.D. ________________________

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[ ] Individual
[ ] Partnership
[ ] Corporation
[ ] Sole Proprietorship

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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a corporation doing business under the laws of the State of _________________________________________________________________________________________

or a ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

doing business as ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

residing at ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

having an office and place of business at ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ,

hereby constitutes and appoints PS Customs Brokerage. Inc., its divisions and its subsidiaries, to act through any of its licensed officers or any employee specifically authorized to act for such corporation by power of attorney filed with the District Director of Customs as a true and lawful agent and attorney of the grantor named above for and in the name, place, and stead of said grantor from this date and in all Customs Districts, and in no other name, to make, endorse, sign, declare, or swear to any entry, withdrawal, declaration, certificate, bill of lading carnet or other document required by law or regulation in connection with the importation, transportation, or exportation of any merchandise shipped by or consigned by or to said grantor, to perform any act or condition which may be required by law or regulation in connection with such merchandise, to receive any merchandise deliverable to said grantor;
To make endorsements on bills of lading conferring authority to transfer title, make entry or collect drawback, and to make, sign, declare or swear to any statement, supplemental statement, schedule, supplemental schedule, certificate of delivery, abstract of manufacture, certificate of manufacture and delivery, abstract of manufacturing records, declaration of proprietor on drawback entry, declaration of exporter on drawback entry, or any other affidavit or document which may be required by law or regulation for drawback purposes, regardless of whether such bill of lading, sworn statement, schedule, certificate, abstract, declaration, or other affidavit or document is intended for filing in any customs district.
To sign, seal, seal and deliver for and as the act of said grantor any bond required by law or regulation in connection with the entry or withdrawal of imported merchandise or merchandise exported with or without benefit of drawback, or in connection with the entry, clearance, lading, unlading or navigation of any vessel or other means of conveyance owner or operated by said grantor, and any and all bonds which may be voluntarily given and accepted under applicable laws and regulations, consignee's and owner's declarations provide for in section Act of 1930, as amended, or affidavits in connection with the entry of merchandise.
To sign and swear o any document and to perform any act that may be necessary or required by law or regulation in connection with the entering, clearing, lading, unlading, or operation of any vessel or other means of conveyance owned or operated by said grantor;
To authorize other Customs Brokers to act as the grantor's agent; to receive endorse and collect checks issued for Customs duty refunds in grantor's name drawn on the Treasurer of the United States; if the grantor is a nonresident of the United States, to accept service of process on behalf of the grantor.
And generally to transact at the customshouses in any district any and all customs business, including making, signing, and filing of protests under section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in which said grantor is or may be concerned or interested and which may properly be transacted or performed by an agent and attorney, giving to said agent and attorney full power and authority to do anything whatever requisite and necessary to be done in the premises as fully as said grantor could do if present and acting, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the said agent and attorney shall lawfully do by virtue of these presents: the foregoing power of attorney to remain in full force and effect until the _____ day of ____________________, _______, or until notice of revocation in writing is duly given to and received by a District Director of Customs. If the donor of this power of attorney is a partnership, the said power shall in no case have any force or effect after the expiration of 2 years from the date of its execution.
In the execution of this document, it is expressly understood that payment to the grantee, if a broker, does not relieve he grantor of liability for Customs charges (duties, taxes, or other debts owed Customs) in the event the charges are not paid by the broker. Therefore, if payment is by check, Customs charges may be paid with a separate check payable to "U.S. Customs Service", which shall be delivered by the broker.
In the execution of this document, it is expressly understood that PS Customs Brokerage. Inc., its parent, its divisions, and its wholly owned subsidiaries, limit the liability to the extent provided for under law and in accordance with the PS Customs Brokerage. Inc. Terms and Conditions of Service: a written copy which grantor hereby acknowledges having received.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

has caused these presents to be sealed and signed: (Signature) ____________________________________________________________________________________

(CAPACITY) _____________________________________________________________________________________ (Date:)__________________________________

WITNESS: ________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________

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(Corporate Seal)