Regulations last checked for updates: May 18, 2024

Title 19 - Customs Duties last revised: Apr 24, 2024
§ 162.11 - Authority to procure warrants.

Customs officers are authorized to procure search warrants under the provisions of section 595, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1595). However, a Customs officer who is lawfully on any premises and is able to identify merchandise which has been imported contrary to law may seize such merchandise without a warrant. If merchandise is in a building on the boundary, see § 123.71 of this chapter.

source: T.D. 72-211, 37 FR 16488, Aug. 15, 1972, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 19 CFR 162.11