---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 C.F.R. § 141.31"
title: "19"
number: "141.31"
heading: "General requirements and definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/19/141.31"
---

# §141.31. General requirements and definitions.

- (a) **Limited or general power of attorney.** A power of attorney may be executed for the transaction by an agent or attorney of a specified part or all the Customs business of the principal.
- (b) [Reserved]
- (c) **Minor agents.** A power of attorney to a minor shall not be accepted.
- (d) **Definitions of resident and nonresident.** For the purposes of this subpart, “resident” means an individual who resides within, or a partnership one or more of whose partners reside within, the Customs territory of the United States or the Virgin Islands of the United States, or a corporation incorporated in any jurisdiction within the Customs territory of the United States or in the Virgin Islands of the United States. A “nonresident” means an individual, partnership, or corporation not meeting the definition of “resident.”

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. 73-175, 38 FR 17447, July 2, 1973, as amended by T.D. 84-93, 49 FR 17754, Apr. 25, 1984]

### Authority

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 66, 1448, 1484, 1498, 1624. Subpart F also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1481; Subpart G also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1505; Section 141.1 also issued under 11 U.S.C. 507(a)(7)(F), 31 U.S.C. 191, 192; Section 141.4 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1202 (General Note 3(e); Chapter 86, Additional U.S. Note 1; Chapter 89, Additional U.S. Note 1; Chapter 98, Subchapter III, U.S. Notes 3 and 4; Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States), 1498; Section 141.19 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1485, 1486; Section 141.20 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1485, 1623; Section 141.66 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1490, 1623; Section 141.68 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1315; Section 141.69 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1315; Section 141.88 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1401a(d), 1402(f); Section 141.90 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1487; Section 141.112 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1564; Section 141.113 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1499, 1623.

### Source

Source: T.D. 73-175, 38 FR 17447, July 2, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[T.D. 73-175, 38 FR 17447, July 2, 1973, as amended by T.D. 84-93, 49 FR 17754, Apr. 25, 1984]