19 U.S.C. § 1453
Lading and unlading of merchandise or baggage; penalties
If any merchandise or baggage is laden on, or unladen from, any vessel or vehicle without a special license or permit therefor issued by the appropriate customs officer, the master of such vessel or the person in charge of such vehicle and every other person who knowingly is concerned, or who aids therein, or in removing or otherwise securing such merchandise or baggage, shall each be liable to a penalty equal to the value of the merchandise or baggage so laden or unladen, and such merchandise or baggage shall be subject to forfeiture, and if the value thereof is $500 or more, the vessel or vehicle on or from which the same shall be laden or unladen shall be subject to forfeiture.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases, 1931–1992 · leading case: United States v. Sam C. Martino, Joseph C. Russello & Rolando Gonzalez Rodriguez, 681 F.2d 952 (5th Cir. 1982).
United States v. Sam C. Martino, Joseph C. Russello & Rolando Gonzalez Rodriguez, 681 F.2d 952 (5th Cir. 1982). “§ 1306 (forfeiture of unwholesome imported meat); 19 U.S.C. §§ 1453 & 1492 (forfeiture of property seized in violation of customs laws); 21 U.”
United States v. Twelve Thousand, Three Hundred Ninety Dollars ($12,390.00), Willie J. Dorsey, Jr., Idell Dorsey, & Laverne Howard, 956 F.2d 801 (8th Cir. 1992). “§ 3667 (1988) (property used in connection with liquor violations); 19 U.S.C. § 1453 (1988) (property smuggled in violation of customs laws); 21 U.”
United States v. Hunter, 80 F.2d 968 (5th Cir. 1936). “Section 453, 19 U.S.C.A. § 1453 , forfeits a vessel or vehicle for unloading merchandise of a value of $500 or more without a special license where such license is required, hut this libel makes no allegations of fact suitable to that section.”
Corriveau v. United States, 53 F.2d 735 (1st Cir. 1931). “American gas screw Overland and the American gas screw Alibi II, their engines, tackle, apparel, furniture, and equipment, “for violation of Section 4377 of the Revised Statutes, in that * * * [they were] employed in a trade other than that for which * * * [they were] licensed,…”
C. Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co. v. United States, 100 F.2d 759 (3rd Cir. 1938). “” Considering the second ground for forfeiture alleged in the libel in the case at bar and without endeavoring to enumerate fully the applicable statutes, it is none the less apparent that Sections 453, 586 and 587 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 19 U.S.C.A. §§ 1453 , 1586, 1587,…”
Jackman v. United States, 54 F.2d 227 (1st Cir. 1931). “October 15, 1930, the United States brought a libel in the District Court for Rhode Island to have condemned as forfeited to it the American Gas Screw Overland, her engines, tackle, apparel, furniture, and equipment for a violation of section 4377 of the Revised Statutes (46…”
United States v. Corriveau, 56 F.2d 362 (1st Cir. 1932). “s (46 USCA § 325), in that she was unlawfully employed' in a trade other than that for which she was licensed, “an illegal trade, to wit, the trade of unlawfully transporting or unlading intoxicating liquor containing more than one-half of one per cent, or more of alcohol by…”
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