[Incomplete question conditions] Official E · §144.31: (declaration + bond) or transfer · A/B split

What you will learn

Disputed-question explanation: official result first, then historical evidence, limitations and uncertainty.

Exam cover instruction; Exam cover reference list (CFR); Exam cover reference list (Directive); Exam category table; Question 15 stem; Question 15 choices A–E; Answer key row 15; 19 CFR 144.31 (2018); 19 CFR 144.31 (2018) govinfo XML; 19 CFR 144.31 (2018) printed page text; 19 CFR 141.20(a) (2018); 19 CFR 141.20(d) (2018); Directive 3530-002A ¶ 5.10.1; Directive 3530-002A header; Directive 3530-002A (2001) official PDF · October 17, 2019 Customs Broker License Examination (Series 860), Category II – Entry (questions 9–19), question 15 on exam PDF page 9 (rendered locally to /tmp from exam.pdf and viewed); 'October 2019 Customs Broker License Exam Answer Key' row 15 on key page 1 (retained rendered PNG viewed). Cover references: Title 19 CFR (2018 Revised as of April 1, 2018) and Right to Make Entry Directive 3530-002A. 2018 19 CFR 144.31 and 141.20 read from retained govinfo XML/text and 2018 printed-page text; Directive 3530-002A (June 27, 2001) ¶ 5.10.1 read from local extracted text of the official PDF.
Explained using the historical edition for this exam.