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October 2025, question 9

Broker Compliance · Liquidation, reliquidation and protests

When a protest is filed on behalf of a principal by an agent, who is not an attorney at law or a customhouse broker or his authorized employee, what document must also be filed to demonstrate the agent is authorized to file protest?

  1. Articles of incorporation
  2. Certificate of authority
  3. Letter of intent
  4. Power of attorney
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CBP's answer: D. D: Power of attorney

Section 174.3(a) requires an agent filing a protest for a principal, other than an attorney at law or a customhouse broker or the broker's employee, to file a power of attorney that specifically authorizes protest filing or grants unlimited authority (D).

there shall have been filed or shall be filed with the protest a power of attorney which either specifically authorizes such agent to make, sign, and file the protest or grants unlimited authority to such agent 19 CFR 174.3(a)

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CBP's key cites: 19 CFR 174.3(a)

Question and key from CBP's October 2025 exam and answer key. The walk-through is ours; quotes are from the pinned editions in the reference viewer (HTSUS 2026 Basic, 19 CFR 2025 edition).