PLT ARRIVES BACK IN U.S. AND CANNOT FIND HIS ACFT REGISTRATION FOR CUSTOM'S REVIEW.

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NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH FAR REGARDING ACFT REGISTRATION NOT ON BOARD ACFT DURING OP. ON MAR/AB/1994; APPROX AZ30 AM I SUBMITTED MY ACFT REGISTRATION; AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE; RADIO LICENSE AND PLT CERTIFICATE TO THE U.S. CUSTOMS OFFICER AT CALEXICO; CA; TO OBTAIN AN ANNUAL USER FEE DECAL IN ORDER TO CROSS INTO MEXICO FOR A 4 DAY VISIT. THE CUSTOM OFFICER (NAME NOT LEGIBLE); BADGE 1 INSPECTED MY DOCUMENTS AND FOUND THEM TO BE IN ORDER AND ISSUED MY DECAL. HE THEN RETURNED MY DOCUMENTS FOLDER TO ME AND I RETURNED IT TO THE ACFT. UPON RETURNING TO THE U.S. 4 DAYS LATER AT CALEXICO; I ONCE AGAIN SUBMITTED MY ACFT FOLDER AND THE ACFT REGISTRATION WAS MISSING. I HAD NOT LOOKED AT THE FOLDER SINCE IT WAS RETURNED TO ME BY THE CUSTOM OFFICER ON MAR/AB/1994 AND HAD NO NEED TO SUBMIT IT IN MEXICO. I EXPLAINED THIS TO THE CUSTOM OFFICER WHEN I RETURNED ON MAR/CD/1994 AND THEY AGREE THAT THE REGISTRATION HAD TO BE PRESENT IN ORDER FOR ME TO OBTAIN A DECAL ON MAR/AB/1994 BUT WERE AT A LOSS WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO IT. SINCE I HAD NO REGISTRATION THEY ARE FILING A NOTICE OF SEIZURE; PENALTY AND INITIAL DISPOS FOR NOT HAVING MY ACFT REGISTRATION. THE CUSTOM OFFICE APPEARS TO BE IN A STATE OF CONFUSION WHEN MORE THAN 1 OR 2 AIRPLANES ARE IN AT THE SAME TIME.