2018 US Code
Title 19 - Customs Duties
Chapter 4 - Tariff Act of 1930
Subtitle III - Administrative Provisions
Part II - Report, Entry, and Unlading of Vessels and Vehicles
Sec. 1461 - Inspection of merchandise and baggage
19 U.S.C. § 1461 (2018) |
§1461. Inspection of merchandise and baggage |
All merchandise and baggage imported or brought in from any contiguous country, except as otherwise provided by law or by regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall be unladen in the presence of and be inspected by a customs officer at the first port of entry at which the same shall arrive; and such officer may require the owner, or his agent, or other person having charge or possession of any trunk, traveling bag, sack, valise, or other container, or of any closed vehicle, to open the same for inspection, or to furnish a key or other means for opening the same. |
(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, §461, 46 Stat. 717.) |
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in R.S. §3100, as amended by act Feb. 18, 1875, ch. 80, §1, 18 Stat. 319, and act Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, §1, 19 Stat. 248, which was superseded by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, §461, 42 Stat. 956, and was repealed by section 642 thereof. Section 461 of the 1922 act was superseded by section 461 of act June 17, 1930, comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act. |
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Title 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES CHAPTER 4 - TARIFF ACT OF 1930 SUBTITLE III - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Part II - Report, Entry, and Unlading of Vessels and Vehicles Sec. 1461 - Inspection of merchandise and baggage |
section 1461 |
2018 |
January 14, 2019 |
No |
standard |
18 Stat. 319 19 Stat. 248 42 Stat. 956 46 Stat. 717 |