50 CFR § 14.14 - In-transit shipments.

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title: "50 CFR § 14.14 - In-transit shipments."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "14.14"
section_name: "In-transit shipments."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "TAKING, POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, SALE, PURCHASE, BARTER, EXPORTATION, AND IMPORTATION OF WILDLIFE AND PLANTS"
part_number: "14"
part_name: "IMPORTATION, EXPORTATION, AND TRANSPORTATION OF WILDLIFE"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 668, 704, 712, 1382, 1538(d)-(f), 1540(f), 3371-3378, 4223-4244, and 4901-4916; 18 U.S.C. 42; 31 U.S.C. 9701; Pub. L. 115-334, 132 Stat. 4490."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 56673, Aug. 25, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
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# 14.14 In-transit shipments.

(a) Wildlife destined for a point within the United States may be imported into the United States at any port if such wildlife proceeds as an in-transit shipment under Customs bond to a designated port, or to any port where a permit or other provision of this part provides for lawful importation.

(b) Wildlife moving in-transit through the United States from one foreign country to another foreign country is exempt from the designated port requirements of this part, if such wildlife is not unloaded within the United States.