{"data":{"id":"us/19-cfr-101.4","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"19 CFR 101.4","heading":"Entry and clearance of vessels at Customs stations.","body":"(a) Entry at Customs station. A vessel shall not be entered or cleared at a Customs station, or any other place that is not a port of entry, unless entry or clearance is authorized by the director of the port under whose jurisdiction the station or place falls pursuant to the provisions of section 447, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1447).\n(b) Authorization to enter. Authorization to enter or be cleared at a Customs station shall be granted by the director of the port under whose jurisdiction the station or place falls provided the port director is notified in advance of the arrival of the vessel concerned and the following conditions are met:\n(1) Such Customs supervision as may be necessary can be provided.\n(2) All applicable Customs and navigation laws and regulations are complied with.\n(3) The owner, master or agent of a vessel sought to be entered at a Customs station reimburses the Government for the salary and expenses of the Customs officer or employee stationed at or sent to such Customs station or other place which is not a port of entry for services rendered in connection with the entry or clearance of such vessel, and\n(4) Except as otherwise provided by these regulations, the Government is reimbursed by the interested parties for the expenses, including any per diem allowed in lieu of subsistence, but not the salary of a Customs officer or employee for services rendered in connection with the entry or delivery of merchandise.\n(c) Customs stations designated.\n(1) The Secretary of Homeland Security is authorized to establish, rearrange, or consolidate, and to discontinue Customs stations as operational needs may require.\n(2) The Customs stations and the ports of entry having supervision thereof are listed below:\nCustoms station Supervisory port of entry\nAlaska\nBarrow Fairbanks.\nDutch Harbor Anchorage.\nEagle Alcan.\nFort Yukon Fairbanks.\nHaines Dalton Cache.\nHyder Ketchikan.\nKaktovik (Barter Island) Fairbanks.\nKenai (Nikiski) Anchorage.\nNorthway Alcan.\nPelican Juneau.\nPetersburg Wrangell.\nCalifornia\nCampo Tecate.\nOtay Mesa San Diego.\nSan Ysidro San Diego.\nColorado\nColorado Springs Denver.\nDelaware\nLewes Philadelphia, PA.\nFlorida\nFort Pierce West Palm Beach.\nGreen Cove Springs Jacksonville.\nPort St. Joe Panama City.\nIndiana\nFort Wayne Indianapolis.\nMaine\nBucksport Belfast.\nCoburn Gore Jackman.\nDaaquam Jackman.\nEaston Fort Fairfield.\nEstcourt Fort Kent.\nForest City Houlton.\nHamlin Van Buren.\nMaryland\nSalisbury Baltimore.\nMassachusetts\nProvincetown Plymouth.\nMichigan\nAlpena Saginaw-Bay City-Flint.\nDetour Sault Ste. Marie.\nEscanaba Sault Ste. Marie.\nGrand Haven Muskegon.\nHoughton Sault Ste. Marie.\nMarquette Sault Ste. Marie.\nRogers City Saginaw-Bay City-Flint.\nMinnesota\nCrane Lake Duluth, MN-Superior, WI.\nEly Duluth, MN-Superior, WI.\nLancaster Noyes.\nOak Island Warroad.\nMississippi\nBiloxi Mobile, AL.\nMontana\nWild Horse Great Falls.\nWillow Creek Great Falls.\nNew Jersey\nAtlantic City Philadelphia-Chester, PA and Wilmington, DE.\nPort Norris Philadelphia-Chester, PA and Wilmington, DE.\nTuckerton Philadelphia-Chester, PA and Wilmington, DE.\nNew York\nCannons Corners Champlain-Rouses Point.\nChurubusco Trout River.\nNew Hampshire\nPittsburg Beecher Falls, VT.\nMonticello Houlton, ME.\nOrient Houlton, ME.\nSte. Aurelie Jackman, ME.\nSt. Pamphile Jackman, ME.\nNew Mexico\nAntelope Wells (Mail: Hachita, NM) Columbus, NM.\nNorth Dakota\nGrand Forks Pembina.\nMinot Pembina.\nOhio\nAkron Cleveland.\nFairport Harbor Ashtabula/Conneaut.\nLorain Sandusky.\nMarblehead-Lakeside Sandusky.\nPut-in-Bay Sandusky.\nOklahoma\nMuskogee Tulsa.\nTexas\nAmistad Dam Del Rio.\nBoquillas Presidio.\nFalcon Dam Roma.\nFort Hancock Fabens.\nLos Ebanos Rio Grande City.\nMarathon El Paso.\nVermont\nBeebe Plaine Derby Line.\nCanaan Beecher Falls.\nEast Richford Richford.\nNewport Derby Line.\nNorth Troy Derby Line.\nWest Berkshire Richford.\n(d) Temporary Customs stations. Customs stations may be designated for a temporary time only, to provide Customs facilities where needed because of certain large-scale operations. Because these designations change from time to time they are not listed. However, current information as to the existence of such stations may be obtained from the local port director.","path":["Title 19—Customs Duties","CHAPTER I—U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","PART 101—GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-19.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:40Z","sha256":"c2eee0dcd6567ff2a407363d85c6b127e51479c9d7a953e5ef51f3308943ed86","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/19-cfr-101.3","next":"us/19-cfr-101.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}