---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 C.F.R. § 191.6"
title: "19"
number: "191.6"
heading: "Authority to sign drawback documents."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/19/191.6"
---

# §191.6. Authority to sign drawback documents.

- (a) Documents listed in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section shall be signed only by one of the following:
  - (1) The president, a vice-president, secretary, treasurer, or any other employee legally authorized to bind the corporation;
  - (2) A full partner of a partnership;
  - (3) The owner of a sole proprietorship;
  - (4) Any employee of the business entity with a power of attorney;
  - (5) An individual acting on his or her own behalf; or
  - (6) **A licensed Customs broker with a power of attorney.**
- (b) **The following documents require execution in accordance with paragraph (a) of this section—**
  - (1) Drawback entries;
  - (2) Certificates of delivery;
  - (3) Certificates of manufacture and delivery;
  - (4) Notices of Intent to Export, Destroy, or Return Merchandise for Purposes of Drawback;
  - (5) Certifications of exporters on bills of lading or evidence of exportation (see §§ [191.28](/cfr/19/191.28.md) and [191.82](/cfr/19/191.82.md) of this part); and
  - (6) **Abstracts, schedules and extracts from monthly abstracts if not included as part of a drawback claim.**
- (c) The following documents (see also [part 177](/cfr/19/part177.md) of this chapter) may be executed by one of the persons described in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section or by any other individual legally authorized to bind the person (or entity) for whom the document is executed:
  - (1) A letter of notification of intent to operate under a general manufacturing drawback ruling under [§ 191.7](/cfr/19/191.7.md) of this part;
  - (2) An application for a specific manufacturing drawback ruling under [§ 191.8](/cfr/19/191.8.md) of this part;
  - (3) A request for a nonbinding predetermination of commercial interchangeability under [§ 191.32(c)](/cfr/19/191.32.md?p=c) of this part;
  - (4) An application for waiver of prior notice under [§ 191.91](/cfr/19/191.91.md) of this part;
  - (5) An application for approval of accelerated payment of drawback under [§ 191.92](/cfr/19/191.92.md) of this part; and
  - (6) An application for certification in the Drawback Compliance Program under [§ 191.193](/cfr/19/191.193.md) of this part.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. 98-16, 63 FR 11006, Mar. 5, 1998; 63 FR 15288, Mar. 31, 1998; 63 FR 27489, May 19, 1998]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 66, 1202 (General Note 3(i), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States), 1313, 1624; § 191.84 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1514; §§ 191.111, 191.112 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1309; §§ 191.151(a)(1), 191.153, 191.157, 191.159 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1557; §§ 191.182-191.186 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 81c; §§ 191.191-191.195 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1593a.

### Source

Source: T.D. 98-16, 63 FR 11006, Mar. 5, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[T.D. 98-16, 63 FR 11006, Mar. 5, 1998; 63 FR 15288, Mar. 31, 1998; 63 FR 27489, May 19, 1998]