Appendix B to Part 591 - Section 591.5(f) Bond for the Entry of More Than a Single Vehicle
49:7.1.1.1.18.0.1.11.19 : Appendix B
Appendix B to Part 591 - Section 591.5(f) Bond for the Entry of
More Than 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 vehicles, to produce documents, to perform conditions of
release such as to bring vehicles 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 of each vehicle) 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 vehicles described above,
which are motor vehicles that were not originally manufactured to
conform to the Federal motor vehicle safety, or bumper, or theft
prevention 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, bumper, and theft
prevention standards; 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 each motor vehicle described above is eligible for
importation into the United States; and WHEREAS, the motor vehicles
described above have 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
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(1) The above-bounden principal (“the principal”), in
consideration of the permanent admission into the United States of
the motor vehicles described above, voluntarily undertakes and
agrees to have such vehicles 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) For each vehicle described above (“such vehicle”), the
principal shall then file, with the Administrator, a certificate
that such vehicle complies with each Federal motor vehicle safety
standard in the year that such vehicle was manufactured and which
applies in such year to such vehicle, and that such vehicle
complies with the Federal bumper standard (if applicable);
(3) The principal shall not release custody of any vehicle to
any person, or license or register the vehicle, from the date of
entry until 30 calendar days after it has certified compliance of
such vehicle to the Administrator, unless the Administrator
notifies the principal before 30 days that (s)he has accepted such
certification and such vehicle and all liability under this bond
for such vehicle 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 of such vehicle is required, the
principal shall cause such vehicle to be available for inspection,
and such vehicle and all liability under this bond for such vehicle
shall be promptly released after completion of an inspection
showing no failure to comply. However, if the inspection shows a
failure to comply, such vehicle and all liability under this bond
for such vehicle 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 such certificate
is false or contains a misrepresentation, such vehicle and all
liability under this bond for such vehicle shall not be released
until the Administrator is satisfied with such certification and
any modification thereof;
(6) And if the principal has received written notice from the
Administrator that such vehicle has been found not to comply with
all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety and bumper standards,
and written demand that such 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 such vehicle to the United States, or shall deliver such
vehicle, or cause such 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 such 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 an
amount equal to 150% of the entered value of such vehicle as
determined by the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection;
Then this obligation shall be void; otherwise it shall remain in
full force and effect. [At this point the terms agreed upon between
the principal and surety for termination of the obligation may be
entered]
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of
PRINCIPAL: (name and address) (Signature) (SEAL) (Printed name and
title) SURETY: (name and address) (Signature) (Printed name and
title) [60 FR 57954, Nov. 24, 1995, as amended at 69 FR 52093, Aug.
24, 2004]