[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR162.11]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 162--INSPECTION, SEARCH, AND SEIZURE--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart B--Search Warrants
 
Sec. 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 Sec. 123.71 of this chapter.