19 CFR § 113.22 - Witnesses required.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t19/s113.22"
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title: "19 CFR § 113.22 - Witnesses required."
title_number: 19
title_name: "Customs Duties"
section_number: "113.22"
section_name: "Witnesses required."
chapter_name: "U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "113"
part_name: "CBP BONDS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "19 U.S.C. 66, 1623, 1624."
regulatory_source: "T.D. 84-213, 49 FR 41171, Oct. 19, 1984, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "113"
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# 113.22 Witnesses required.

(a) *Generally.* The signature of each party to a bond executed by a noncorporate principal or surety must be witnessed by two persons, who must sign their names as witnesses, and include their addresses.

(b) *Witness for both principal and surety.* When two persons signing as witnesses act for both principal and surety, they must so indicate by stating on the bond “as to both”.

(c) *Corporate principal or surety.* No witnesses are required where bonds are executed by properly authorized officers or agents of a corporate principal or corporate surety. For requirements concerning the execution of a bond by an authorized officer or agent of a corporate principal or surety, see §§ 113.33 and 113.37 of this part.

[T.D. 84-213, 49 FR 41171, Oct. 19, 1984, as amended by CBP Dec. 15-15, 80 FR 70164, Nov. 13, 2015]