Customs Form 5129 - Crew Member'S Declaration (Page 2 of 2) in pdf

INSTRUCTIONS

FOR USE

1. This declaration must be legibly prepared using pen, typewriter, or other permanent method. This declaration is required for ali articles which are to be landed by a crew

member, including any person traveling on board a vessel, vehicle, or aircraft engaged in international traffic who is returning from a trip on which the person was employed

as a crew member.

2. Include serial number wijh all articles subject to registration,

such as cameras,

radios, etc. List articles to remain on board separately

from those articles to be landed in the

Unijed States.

List separately

articles intended for sale, barter, exchange,

or carried by you as a accommodation

for someone

else

3. All articles acquired

abroad by the particular

officer or crew member

shall be declared on the declaration,

wijh the exception

of articles exclusively

for use on the voyage

which include only necessary

clothing, toiletries,

and purely personal effects, and not to exceed 1 open (seal broken) liter container

of alcoholic

beverages,

and 50 cigars, or

300 cigarettes,

or 2 kilos of smoking tobacco, or a proportionate

amount of each, and articles which have been previously

cleared through Customs and described in a proper

Customs receipt release form.

4. Articles in the possession of and exclusively for use by a crew member during the voyage, such as necessary clothing, toiletries, and purely personal effects, may be

brought ashore by the crew member on temporary shore or ground leave for use while in a port without a written declaration and entry and wijhout payment of duty or internal

revenue tax ONLY if the Port Director of Customs for the port is satisfied that the articles so landed are necessary and appropriate for the crew member's accommodation

while on temporary shore or ground leave; that they will be devoted solely to the crew member's bona fide personal use; that the quantities are reasonable, depending upon

the circumstances of each particular case; and that, in the case of tobacco products and alcoholic beverages, the container shall have been opened and the total quantity

brought ashore while the vessel is in port shali not exceed 50 cigars, 300 cigarettes, or 2 kilos of smoking tobacco, or a proportionate amount of each, and 1 liter of alcoholic

beverages. In the case of articles possessing substantial commercial value, such as cameras, watches, razors, and other articles not consumed through use, the Customs

officer concerned, before passing the articles free of duty, shall be assured beyond doubt that the article brought ashore is for the actual bona fide personal use of the crew

member while on shore or ground leave and is to be returned to the vessel or aircraft.

5. In the column headed "Cost, Or Value Of Gifts, Etc.", state in United States dollars the price actually paid for the articles, or fair value if not acquired by purchase, such as a

gift.

6. If additional space is needed to list all articles in column headed "Quantity and Description Of Goods", include them in another declaration form obtained from purser. Do

not a~er the preprinted serial number on the declaration. (If more than one form is needed by a crew member to list articles, all serial numbers of the forms used shall be

noted opposije the crew member's name on the Crew's Effects Declaration, Customs Form 1304, or the Crew List, Customs and Immigration Form 1-418).

7. If insufficient space on "Receipt for Duty And Release Slip" (lower perforated stub) to repeat the listing of all articles to be landed in the United States listed in the column

headed "Quantity And Description of Goods", continue list on reverse side of stub.

8. This form may be printed by private

parties (see footnote)

as a 2-part or 3-part set for use as both a vessel's or aircraft's

crew purchase manifest and the entry record for

articles landed in the Unijed States, when the vessel or aircraft is to clear directly foreign from the first port of arrival.

WARNING-PENAL

TIES

The transportation

of currency or monetary

instruments,

regardless

of the amount, is legal; however,

if you take out or bring into (or attempt to take out of or bring into) the

Unijed States more than $10,000 (U.S. or foreign equivalent,

or a combination

of the two) in coin, currency,

travelers

checks or bearer instruments

such as money orders,

checks, stocks or bonds, you are required by law to file a report on a Form 4790 with the U.S. Customs Service.

If you have someone else carry the currency or instruments

for you, you must also file the report. FAILURE

TO FILE THE REQUIRED

REPORT

OR FALSE STATEMENTS

ON THE REPORT

MAY LEAD TO SEIZURE

OF THE

CURRENCY

OR INSTRUMENTS

AND TO CIVIL PENALTIES

AND/OR CRIMINAL

PROSECUTION.

A claim for exemption

from duty on an article on the false ground that it is not intended for sale and acquired or carried by the declarant as an accommodation

for others will

subject the article to forfeiture.

Any article which is required to be manifested and which is not manifested is subject to forfeiture and the master of the vessel is subject to a penalty equal to the forfeijure

value (sec. 584, Tariff Act, 1930, as amended). If any article requiring a declaration and entry when brought into the Unijed States is landed wijhout being covered by a

release slip or other permit to unlade from the Port Director of Customs, the article is subject to forfeiture, the vessel master and any other person associated wijh the

unauthorized removal are subject to penalties equal to the forfeiture value, and if valued at $500 or over, the vessel itself is subject to forfeiture (sec. 453, Tariff Act, 1930).

This form may be printed by private parties, Blocks of serial numbers to be used on such forms will be furnished upon written request to the U.S. Customs

~ervice, Information Services Branch, Forms Manager, Washington, DC 20229. Request should state the quantity of serial numbers needed.

PAPERWORK

REDUCTION

ACT NOTICE:

This request is in accordance

wijh the Paperwork

Reduction

Notice of 1995.

We ask for the information

in order to carry out the

laws and regulations

administered