19 U.S.C. § 1441 : US Code - Section 1441: Exceptions to vessel entry and clearance requirements

Search 19 U.S.C. § 1441 : US Code - Section 1441: Exceptions to vessel entry and clearance requirements

The following vessels shall not be required to make entry under
section 1434 of this title or to obtain clearance under section 91
of title 46, Appendix:
(1) Vessels of war and public vessels employed for the
conveyance of letters and dispatches and not permitted by the
laws of the nations to which they belong to be employed in the
transportation of passengers or merchandise in trade.
(2) Passenger vessels making three trips or oftener a week
between a port of the United States and a foreign port, or
vessels used exclusively as ferryboats, carrying passengers,
baggage, or merchandise: Provided, That the master of any such
vessel shall be required to report such baggage and merchandise
to the appropriate customs officer within twenty-four hours after
arrival.
(3) Any vessel carrying passengers on excursion from the United
States Virgin Islands to the British Virgin Islands and
returning, if -
(A) the vessel does not in any way violate the customs or
navigation laws of the United States;
(B) the vessel has not visited any hovering vessel; and
(C) the master of the vessel, if there is on board any
article required by law to be entered, reports the article to
the Customs Service immediately upon arrival.
(4) Any United States documented vessel with recreational
endorsement or any undocumented United States pleasure vessel not
engaged in trade, if -
(A) the vessel complies with the reporting requirements of
section 1433 of this title, and with the customs and navigation
laws of the United States;
(B) the vessel has not visited any hovering vessel; and
(C) the master of, and any other person on board, the vessel,
if the master or such person has on board any article required
by law to be entered or declared, reports such article to the
Customs Service immediately upon arrival.
(5) Vessels arriving in distress or for the purpose of taking
on bunker coal, bunker oil, sea stores, or ship's stores and
which shall depart within twenty-four hours after arrival without
having landed or taken on board any passengers, or any
merchandise other than bunker coal, bunker oil, sea stores, or
ship's stores: Provided, That the master, owner, or agent of such
vessel shall report under oath to the appropriate customs officer
the hour and date of arrival and departure and the quantity of
bunker coal, bunker oil, sea stores, or ship's stores taken on
board.
(6) Any vessel required to anchor at the Belle Isle Anchorage
in the waters of the Detroit River in the State of Michigan, for
the purposes of awaiting the availability of cargo or berthing
space or for the purpose of taking on a pilot or awaiting pilot
services, or at the direction of the Coast Guard, prior to
proceeding to the Port of Toledo, Ohio, where the vessel makes
entry under section 1434 of this title or obtains clearance under
section 91 of title 46, Appendix.