Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§387 Duties of officers of customs and marshals as to seizure
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - REGULATIONS FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY › § 387
Summary
Port collectors, surveyors, and U.S. marshals must seize vessels covered by section 385 when found in their area and follow that section's rules.
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Title 33, §387
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The collectors of the several ports of entry, the surveyors of the several ports of delivery, and the marshals of the several judicial districts within the United States, shall seize any vessel or boat built, purchased, fitted out, or held as mentioned in section 385 of this title, which may be found within their respective ports or districts, and to cause the same to be proceeded against and disposed of as provided by that section.
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References in Text
Surveyors of the several ports of delivery, referred to in text, are probably obsolete offices in view of act July 5, 1932, ch. 430, title I, § 1, 47 Stat. 584, which abolished the offices of surveyors of customs, except at the Port of New York. Ports of delivery, except those which were made ports of entry, were abolished and the use of the term “port of delivery” was discontinued under the President’s plan of reorganization of the customs service communicated to Congress by message dated Mar. 3, 1913. Codification R.S. § 4299 derived from act Aug. 5, 1861, ch. 48, § 3, 12 Stat. 315.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
All offices of collector of customs, comptroller of customs, surveyor of customs, and appraiser of merchandise in Bureau of Customs of Department of the Treasury to which appointments were required to be made by President with advice and consent of Senate ordered abolished, with such offices to be terminated not later than
December 31, 1966, by Reorg. Plan No. 1, of 1965, eff.
May 25, 1965, 30 F.R. 7035, 79 Stat. 1317, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. All functions of offices eliminated were already vested in Secretary of the Treasury by Reorg. Plan No. 26 of 1950, eff.
July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in the Appendix to Title 5.
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33 U.S.C. § 387
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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