Appendix A to Part 591 - Section 591.5(f) Bond for the Entry of a Single Vehicle
49:7.1.1.1.18.0.1.11.18 : Appendix A
Appendix A to Part 591 - Section 591.5(f) Bond for the Entry of a
Single Vehicle Department of Transportation National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration BOND TO ENSURE CONFORMANCE WITH
FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY AND BUMPER STANDARDS (To redeliver
vehicle, to produce documents, to perform conditions of release
such as to bring vehicle into conformance with all applicable
Federal motor vehicle safety and bumper standards)
Know All Men by These Presents That (principal's name, mailing
address which includes city, state, ZIP code, and state of
incorporation if a corporation), as principal, and (surety's name,
mailing address which includes city, state, ZIP code and state of
incorporation), as surety, are held and firmly bound unto the
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA in the sum of (bond amount in words)
dollars ($ (bond amount in numbers)), which represents 150% of the
entered value of the following described motor vehicle, as
determined by the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: (make,
model, model year, and VIN) for the payment of which we bind
ourselves, our heirs, executors, and assigns (jointly and
severally), firmly bound by these presents.
WITNESS our hands and seals this___day of___, 20__. WHEREAS, motor
vehicles may be entered under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. Chapters
301 and 325; and DOT Form HS-7 “Declaration;” WHEREAS, pursuant to
49 CFR part 591, a regulation promulgated under the provisions of
49 U.S.C. Chapter 301, the above-bounden principal desires to
import permanently the motor vehicle described above, which is a
motor vehicle that was not originally manufactured to conform to
the Federal motor vehicle safety or bumper standards; and WHEREAS,
pursuant to 49 CFR part 592, a regulation promulgated under the
provisions of 49 U.S.C. Chapter 301, the above-bounden principal
has been granted the status of Registered Importer of motor
vehicles not originally manufactured to conform to the Federal
motor vehicle safety and bumper standards (or, if not a Registered
Importer, has a contract with a Registered Importer covering the
vehicle described above); and WHEREAS, pursuant to 49 CFR part 593,
a regulation promulgated under 49 U.S.C. Chapter 301, the
Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
has decided that the motor vehicle described above is eligible for
importation into the United States; and WHEREAS, the motor vehicle
described above has been imported at the port of _____, and entered
at said port for consumption on entry No.___, dated___, 20__; NOW,
THEREFORE, THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION IS SUCH THAT -
(1) The above-bounden principal (the “principal”), in
consideration of the permanent admission into the United States of
the motor vehicle described above (the “vehicle”), voluntarily
undertakes and agrees to have such vehicle brought into conformity
with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety and bumper
standards within a reasonable time after such importation, as
specified by the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (the “Administrator”);
(2) The principal shall then file, or if not a Registered
Importer, shall then cause the Registered Importer of the vehicle
to file, with the Administrator, a certificate that the vehicle
complies with each Federal motor vehicle safety standard in the
year that the vehicle was manufactured and which applies in such
year to the vehicle, and that the vehicle complies with the Federal
bumper standard (if applicable);
(3) The principal, if a Registered Importer, shall not release
custody of the vehicle to any person for license or registration
for use on public roads, streets, or highways, or license or
register the vehicle from the date of entry until 30 calendar days
after it has certified compliance of the vehicle to the
Administrator, unless the Administrator notifies the principal
before 30 calendar days that (s)he has accepted such certification
and the vehicle and bond may be released, except that no such
release shall be permitted, before or after the 30th calendar day,
if the principal has received written notice from the Administrator
that an inspection of such vehicle will be required, or that there
is reason to believe that such certification is false or contains a
misrepresentation.
(4) And if the principal has received written notice from the
Administrator that an inspection is required, the principal shall
cause the vehicle to be available for inspection, and the vehicle
and bond shall be promptly released after completion of an
inspection showing no failure to comply. However, if the inspection
shows a failure to comply, the vehicle and bond shall not be
released until such time as the failure to comply ceases to
exist;
(5) And if the principal has received written notice from the
Administrator that there is reason to believe that the certificate
is false or contains a misrepresentation, the vehicle or bond shall
not be released until the Administrator is satisfied with the
certification and any modification thereof;
(6) And if the principal has received written notice from the
Administrator that the vehicle has been found not to comply with
all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety and bumper standards,
and written demand that the vehicle be abandoned to the United
States, or delivered to the Secretary of Homeland Security for
export (at no cost to the United States), the principal shall
abandon the vehicle to the United States, or shall deliver the
vehicle, or cause the vehicle to be delivered to, the custody of
the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection at the port of entry
listed above, or any other port of entry, and shall execute all
documents necessary for exportation of the vehicle from the United
States, at no cost to the United States; or in default of
abandonment or redelivery after proper notice by the Administrator
to the principal, the principal shall pay to the Administrator the
amount of this obligation;
Then this obligation shall be void; otherwise it shall remain in
full force and effect.
Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of - Name Address
_______(SEAL) (Principal) Name Address Name Address _______(SEAL)
(Surety) Name Address CERTIFICATE AS TO CORPORATE PRINCIPAL
I, ______ certify that I am the ____ of the corporation named as
principal in the within bond; that _____, who signed the bond on
behalf of the principal, was then _______ of said corporation; that
I know his/her signature, and his/her signature thereto is genuine;
and that said bond was duly signed, sealed, and attested for and in
behalf of said corporation by authority of its governing body.
_______[Corporate Seal]
To be used when a power of attorney has been filed with NHTSA.
May be executed by secretary, assistant secretary, or other
officer.
[55 FR 11380, Mar. 28, 1990, as amended at 59 FR 52097, Oct. 14,
1994; 69 FR 52093, Aug. 24, 2004]