19 C.F.R. § 162.6
Search of persons, baggage, and merchandise
All persons, baggage, and merchandise arriving in the Customs territory of the United States from places outside thereof are liable to inspection and search by a Customs officer. Port directors and special agents in charge are authorized to cause inspection, examination, and search to be made under section 467, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1467), of persons, baggage, or merchandise, even though such persons, baggage, or merchandise were inspected, examined, searched, or taken on board the vessel at another port or place in the United States or the Virgin Islands, if such action is deemed necessary or appropriate.
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Cited in 36
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1974–2025 · leading case: Kam-Almez v. United States, 682 F.3d 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2012).
Kam-Almez v. United States, 682 F.3d 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2012). “, 19 C.F.R. §§ 162.6 , 162.21. Under the relevant regulation, “[p]roperty may be seized .”
Amadei v. Nielsen, 348 F. Supp. 3d 145 (E.D.N.Y 2018). “) Finally, in response to a media inquiry asking that CBP identify its statutory authority to examine the identification documents of all passengers on a domestic flight, CBP sent a link to a document on the CBP website entitled "CBP Search Authority" which cites 19 C.F.R. §…”
United States v. Montoya De Hernandez, 473 U.S. 531 (1985). “…an officer suspects there is contraband or "merchandise which is subject to duty." § 482; see also §§ 1467, 1481; 19 CFR §§ 162.6 , 162.7 (1984). Balanced against the sovereign's interests at the border are the Fourth Amendment rights of respondent. Having presented…”
Denson v. United States, 574 F.3d 1318 (11th Cir. 2009). “Customs responded by drafting and adopting 19 C.F.R. §§ 162.6 and 162.7, which provide that "[a]ll persons, baggage, and merchandise arriving in the .”
Pellegrino v. U.S. Transp. SEC. Admin., 896 F.3d 207 (3rd Cir. 2018). “§ 1461; see also 19 C.F.R. § 162.6 (“All persons, baggage, and merchandise arriving in the Customs territory of the United States from places outside thereof are liable to inspection and search by a Customs officer.”
United States v. Gurr, Bernard, 471 F.3d 144 (D.C. Cir. 2006). “As proof of the FBI’s dominating influence, Gurr points to evidence that the FBI agents were on site and that Customs officials asked the FBI agents whether they should keep the financial documents and, upon seizing them, immediately handed the documents over to the FBI.”
United States v. Elizabeth Gonzalez-Rincon, 36 F.3d 859 (9th Cir. 1994). “§ 1582; see 19 C.F.R. § 162.6 (1993). 1 A traveler crossing an international boundary may reasonably be required “to identify himself as entitled to come in, and his belongings as effects which may be lawfully brought in.”
United States v. Razaq K. Owolabi, 69 F.3d 156 (7th Cir. 1995). “The defendant was carrying one piece of hand-held luggage, which Stewart proceeded to examine, pursuant to his authority under 19 C.F.R. § 162.6 . 6 According to the government, in its response to Owolabi’s motion to suppress, Stewart observed that during the inspection of the…”
Bradley v. United States, 299 F.3d 197 (3rd Cir. 2002). “§ 1496 (authorizing customs officials to search the baggage of persons entering the country); 19 C.F.R. § 162.6 (authorizing customs officials to inspect and search all persons, baggage, and merchandise arriving from foreign countries).”
United States v. Jorge William Gaviria & Victor Contreras, 805 F.2d 1108 (2d Cir. 1986). “§ 1582 (1982), and implementing regulation, 19 C.F.R. § 162.6 (1986), the Customs Service is authorized to conduct routine border searches.”
United States v. Glasser, 750 F.2d 1197 (3rd Cir. 1984). “” 19 C.F.R. § 162.6 (1984) (emphasis added).”
United States v. Charles Kent Spetz, United States of Am. v. Vincent Anthony Gulino, United States of Am. v. Max Andrew Kalik, 721 F.2d 1457 (9th Cir. 1983). “§§ 1461 , 1467, 1582 (1976); 19 C.F.R. § 162.6 (1982). Thus, the customs officers were authorized to run the dogs through a customs yard containing goods from ships arriving from foreign ports.”
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