---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 C.F.R. § 111.11"
title: "19"
number: "111.11"
heading: "Basic requirements for a license."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/19/111.11"
---

# §111.11. Basic requirements for a license.

- (a) **Individual.** In order to obtain a broker's license, an individual must:
  - (1) Be a citizen of the United States on the date of submission of the application referred to in [§ 111.12(a)](/cfr/19/111.12.md?p=a) and not an officer or employee of the United States Government;
  - (2) Attain the age of 21 prior to the date of submission of the application referred to in [§ 111.12(a)](/cfr/19/111.12.md?p=a);
  - (3) Be of good moral character; and
  - (4) Have established, by attaining a passing (75 percent or higher) grade on an examination taken within the 3-year period before submission of the application referred to in [§ 111.12(a)](/cfr/19/111.12.md?p=a), that he has sufficient knowledge of customs and related laws, regulations and procedures, bookkeeping, accounting, and all other appropriate matters to render valuable service to importers and exporters.
- (b) **Partnership.** In order to qualify for a broker's license, a partnership must have at least one member of the partnership who is a broker.
- (c) **Association or corporation.** In order to qualify for a broker's license, an association or corporation must:
  - (1) Be empowered under its articles of association or articles of incorporation to transact customs business as a broker; and
  - (2) **Have at least one officer who is a broker.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. 00-17, 65 FR 13891, Mar. 15, 2000, as amended by CBP Dec. 17-05, 82 FR 29718, June 30, 2017]

### Authority

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 66, 1202 (General Note 3(i), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States), 1624; 1641. Section 111.2 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1484, 1498; Section 111.96 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 58c, 31 U.S.C. 9701.

### Source

Source: T.D. 00-17, 65 FR 13891, Mar. 15, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[T.D. 00-17, 65 FR 13891, Mar. 15, 2000, as amended by CBP Dec. 17-05, 82 FR 29718, June 30, 2017]