---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 1312.29"
title: "21"
number: "1312.29"
heading: "Domestic release prohibited."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/1312.29"
---

# §1312.29. Domestic release prohibited.


An exporter or a forwarding agent acting for an exporter must either deliver the controlled substances to the port or border, or deliver the controlled substances to a bonded carrier approved by the consignor for delivery to the port or border, and may not, under any other circumstances, release a shipment of controlled substances to anyone, including the foreign consignee or his agent, within the United States.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 821, 871(b), 952, 953, 954, 957, 958.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 7815, Apr. 24, 1971, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 38 FR 26609, Sept. 24, 1973.