19 U.S.C. § 1462 Forfeiture [1]

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-21 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/13/2023)

If such ¹ owner, agent, or other person shall fail to comply with his demand, the officer ¹ shall retain such trunk, traveling bag, sack, valise, or other container or closed vehicle, and open the same, and, as soon thereafter as may be practicable, examine the contents, and if any article subject to duty or any article the importation of which is prohibited is found therein, the whole contents and the container or vehicle shall be subject to forfeiture.

¹ See Codification note below.

Cite as 19 U.S.C. § 1462

Source: June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, §462, 46 Stat. 718.

current through 8/10/2023

EDITORIAL NOTES

CODIFICATION

As enacted by act June 17, 1930, the catchline for this section was "Same-forfeiture", as this section was intended to be read as a continuation of the provisions introduced in section 1459 of this title. When first enacted, section 1459 of this title related to arrival in the United States from a contiguous country but has since been amended by Pub. L. 99-570 to relate to arrival more generally. The uses of "such" and "the officer" in text are meant to refer back to section 1461 of this title.