Title 19, Customs DutiesRelease 119-102
§1582 Search of Persons and Baggage; Regulations
Title 19 › CHAPTER 4 — TARIFF ACT OF 1930 › SUBTITLE III — ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Part V — Enforcement Provisions › § 1582
Summary
The Treasury Secretary can make rules to search people and baggage, hire female inspectors to search women, and detain and search anyone entering from abroad.
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Title 19, §1582
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The Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe regulations for the search of persons and baggage and he is authorized to employ female inspectors for the examination and search of persons of their own sex; and all persons coming into the United States from foreign countries shall be liable to detention and search by authorized officers or agents of the Government under such regulations.
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Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in R.S. § 3064, which was superseded by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 582, 42 Stat. 979, and was repealed by section 642 thereof. section 582 of the 1922 act was superseded by section 582 of act June 17, 1930, comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.
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19 U.S.C. § 1582
Title 19, Customs Duties
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102