§ 1602. Seizure; report to customs officer

Statutory text

It shall be the duty of any officer, agent, or other person authorized by law to make seizures of merchandise or baggage subject to seizure for violation of the customs laws, to report every such seizure immediately to the appropriate customs officer for the district in which such violation occurred, and to turn over and deliver to such customs officer any vessel, vehicle, aircraft, merchandise, or baggage seized by him, and to report immediately to such customs officer every violation of the customs laws.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1930
Pub. L. 71–497 · 46 Stat. 590
Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 1602
June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 602, 46 Stat. 754
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 602, 46 Stat. 754
1970
Pub. L. 91–271 title III § 301(z) · 84 Stat. 273
Substituted · 19 U.S.C. § 1602
Pub. L. 91–271 substituted references to appropriate customs officer or such customs officer for references to collector wherever appearing
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 91–271 substituted references to appropriate customs officer or such customs officer for references to collector wherever appearing.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(z) Section 602 (19 U.S.C. 1602) is amended by— (1) striking the word “collector” in the heading and inserting in lieu thereof “customs officer”; and (2) striking the word “collector” where it first appears in the section and inserting in lieu thereof “appropriate customs officer” and by striking the word “collector” wherever it thereafter appears in the section and inserting in lieu thereof “customs officer”.
1984
Trade and Tariff Act of 1984
Pub. L. 98–573 title II § 213(a)(1) · 98 Stat. 2948
Inserted · 19 U.S.C. § 1602
Pub. L. 98–573 and Pub. L. 98–473 inserted reference to aircraft
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 98–573 and Pub. L. 98–473 inserted reference to aircraft.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) Section 602 (19 U.S.C. 1602) is amended by inserting “aircraft,” after “vehicle,”.
Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–573 effective Oct. 15, 1984, see section 214(e) of Pub. L. 98–573, set out as a note under section 1304 of this title.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 602, 42 Stat. 984. That section was superseded by section 602 of act June 17, 1930, comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.

Prior provisions requiring officers or persons employed in the customs revenue service, upon detection of any violation of the customs laws, to make complaint to the collector, were contained in act June 22, 1874, ch. 391, § 15, 18 Stat. 189, prior to repeal by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 643, 42 Stat. 989.

Amendments1970–1984 · 2 rounds