19 C.F.R. § 162.7
Search of vehicles, persons, or beasts
A Customs officer may stop, search, and examine any vehicle, person, or beast, or search any trunk or envelope wherever found, in accordance with section 3061 of the Revised Statutes (19 U.S.C. 482).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1975–2021 · leading case: Garcia v. United States, 896 F. Supp. 467 (E.D. Pa. 1995).
Garcia v. United States, 896 F. Supp. 467 (E.D. Pa. 1995). “" Similarly, 19 C.F.R. § 162.7 provides that: "A Customs officer may stop, search, and examine any .”
Garcia v. United States, 913 F. Supp. 905 (E.D. Pa. 1996). “§ 1582 and 19 C.F.R. § 162.7 , we believed it necessary to allow Plaintiffs an opportunity to prove that the customs inspectors’ detention and search of Plaintiffs was unconstitutional and therefore not protected by the discretionary function exception.”
Hogan v. State of Nebraska, 402 F. Supp. 812 (D. Neb. 1975). “Other evidence presented at trial established that the letters were opened “during usual examination of mails under Obscenity Program” which apparently was in accordance with 19 C.F.R. § 162.7 ; 19 U.S.C. § 482 and 19 U.”
David Khalaj v. United States (9th Cir. 2021). “” 19 C.F.R. § 162.7 (emphasis added). Far from constraining discretion, the statutory and regulatory language grants it to CBP officers while stopping and searching travelers, including Plaintiffs.”
Dodd v. Doe, 118 F. Supp. 2d 777 (E.D. Mich. 2000). “§§ 482 , 1582; 19 C.F.R. § 162.7 . Thus, “[rjoutine searches of the persons and effects of entrants are not subject to any requirement of reasonable suspicion, probable cause, or warrant .”
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