§ 2092. — Export certification requirement.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 19USC2092]
TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
CHAPTER 11--IMPORTATION OF PRE-COLUMBIAN MONUMENTAL OR ARCHITECTURAL
SCULPTURE OR MURALS
Sec. 2092. Export certification requirement
(a) Issuance by country of export
No pre-Columbian monumental or architectural sculpture or mural
which is exported (whether or not such exportation is to the United
States) from the country of origin after the effective date of the
regulation listing such sculpture or mural pursuant to section 2091 of
this title may be imported into the United States unless the government
of the country of origin of such sculpture or mural issues a
certificate, in a form acceptable to the Secretary, which certifies that
such exportation was not in violation of the laws of that country.
(b) Procedure when certificate lacking
If the consignee of any pre-Columbian monumental or architectural
sculpture or mural is unable to present to the customs officer concerned
at the time of making entry of such sculpture or mural--
(1) the certificate of the government of the country of origin
required under subsection (a) of this section;
(2) satisfactory evidence that such sculpture or mural was
exported from the country of origin on or before the effective date
of the regulation listing such sculpture or mural pursuant to
section 2091 of this title; or
(3) satisfactory evidence that such sculpture or mural is not
covered by the list promulgated under section 2091 of this title;
the customs officer concerned shall take the sculpture or mural into
customs custody and send it to a bonded warehouse or public store to be
held at the risk and expense of the consignee until such certificate or
evidence is filed with such officer. If such certificate or evidence is
not presented within the 90-day period after the date on which such
sculpture or mural is taken into customs custody, or such longer period
as may be allowed by the Secretary for good cause shown, the importation
of such sculpture or mural into the United States is in violation of
this chapter.
(Pub. L. 92-587, title II, Sec. 202, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1297.)
Codification
References to section 202 of Pub. L. 92-587 in the original were
translated as section 2091 of this title in the classification of Pub.
L. 92-587 as the probable intent of Congress.
