---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 C.F.R. § 113.53"
title: "19"
number: "113.53"
heading: "Waiver of CBP requirement supported by a bond."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/19/113.53"
---

# §113.53. Waiver of CBP requirement supported by a bond.

- (a) **Waiver by the Commissioner of CBP.** When a CBP requirement supported by a bond is waived by the Commissioner of CBP, the waiver may be:
  - (1) Unconditional, in which case the importer is relieved from the payment of liquidated damages;
  - (2) Conditioned upon prior settlement of the bond obligation by payment of liquidated damages; or
  - (3) Conditioned upon such other terms and conditions as the Commissioner of CBP may deem sufficient.
- (b) **Waiver by the port director or other authorized CBP officer.** When a CBP requirement supported by a bond is waived by the port director or other authorized CBP officer pursuant to the authority conferred by these regulations, the waiver will be unconditional.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. 84-213, 49 FR 41171, Oct. 19, 1984, as amended by CBP Dec. 15-15, 80 FR 70167, Nov. 13, 2015]

### Authority

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 66, 1623, 1624. Subpart E also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1484, 1551, 1565. Section 113.74 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1337. Section 113.75 and appendix C also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1484b.

### Source

Source: T.D. 84-213, 49 FR 41171, Oct. 19, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[T.D. 84-213, 49 FR 41171, Oct. 19, 1984, as amended by CBP Dec. 15-15, 80 FR 70167, Nov. 13, 2015]