Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73
§1457 Time for unlading
Title 19 › Chapter CHAPTER 4— - TARIFF ACT OF 1930 › Subtitle SUBTITLE III— - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Part Part II— - Report, Entry, and Unlading of Vessels and Vehicles › § 1457
Summary
If goods from a foreign port stay on a vessel or vehicle more than 25 days after it was reported, customs may take the goods and have them unloaded at the owner's expense or place inspectors on board. The owner or master must repay the government for inspectors' pay and living costs while aboard.
Full Legal Text
Title 19, §1457
Customs Duties — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Whenever any merchandise remains on board any vessel or vehicle from a foreign port more than twenty-five days after the date on which report of said vessel or vehicle was made, the appropriate customs officer may take possession of such merchandise and cause the same to be unladen at the expense and risk of the owners thereof, or may place one or more inspectors or other customs officers on board of said vessel or vehicle to protect the revenue. The compensation and expenses of any such inspector or customs officer for subsistence while on board of such vessel or vehicle shall be reimbursed to the Government by the owner or master of such vessel or vehicle.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in R.S. §§ 2879, 2880 and 2969 (as amended by act
May 9, 1896, ch. 164, 29 Stat. 115), which were superseded by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 456, 42 Stat. 955, and were repealed by section 642 thereof. section 456 of the 1922 act was superseded by section 457 of act
June 17, 1930, comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.
Amendments
1970—Pub. L. 91–271 substituted reference to appropriate customs officer for reference to collector.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1970 AmendmentFor
Effective Date
of amendment by Pub. L. 91–271, see section 203 of Pub. L. 91–271, set out as a note under section 1500 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
19 U.S.C. § 1457
Title 19 — Customs Duties
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73