19 U.S.C. § 1582
Search of persons and baggage; regulations
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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 96
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1952–2025 · leading case: United States v. Jeffrey Glenn Galloway, 316 F.3d 624 (6th Cir. 2003).
United States v. Jeffrey Glenn Galloway, 316 F.3d 624 (6th Cir. 2003). “Customs Service’s authority to search travelers under 19 U.S.C. § 1582 . 3 Vaughn began his inspection by informing Defendants that a canine had alerted on Kirseh’s bag.”
United States v. Houshang Sheikh, 654 F.2d 1057 (5th Cir. 1981). “However, we affirm the conviction for possession with intent to distribute, finding no reversible error in the defendant’s contentions, inter alia, that severance of the trial with codefendants having antagonistic defenses was improperly denied, and that Fourth Amendment rights…”
Denson v. United States, 574 F.3d 1318 (11th Cir. 2009). “Customs responded by drafting and adopting 19 C.”
United States v. Montoya De Hernandez, 473 U.S. 531 (1985). “Title 19 U. S. C. § 1582 provides that "all persons coming into the United States from foreign countries shall be liable to detention and search authorized .”
United States v. Seljan, 547 F.3d 993 (9th Cir. 2008). “§ 5317 (b), I share the district court's conclusion that the search of Seljan's FedEx package to an address abroad was also statutorily authorized under 19 U.S.C. § 1582 . Section 1582 authorizes general border searches of packages at the border and is applicable to searches of…”
United States v. Ramsey, 431 U.S. 606 (1977). “" Title 19 U. S. C. § 1582 provides, in pertinent part, that "[t]he Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe regulations for the search of persons and baggage .”
United States v. Manuel Flores-Montano, 424 F.3d 1044 (9th Cir. 2005). “1994) (en banc), our unanimous en banc court held that 19 U.S.C. § 1582 , 3 rather than § 482, governs searches of “arriving baggage or mail.”
Tabbaa v. Chertoff, 509 F.3d 89 (2d Cir. 2007). “19 U.S.C. § 1582 (“[A]ll 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 [CBP regulations].”
United States v. Gurr, Bernard, 471 F.3d 144 (D.C. Cir. 2006). “Customs officials seized during a search of his luggage upon his arrival in the United States, Gurr contends that even if Customs officials generally have the legal authority to perform routine border searches of passengers’ luggage, in this case, the warrantless search was…”
UNITED STATES of Am., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ethelbert Chibuike ANI, Defendant-Appellee, 138 F.3d 390 (9th Cir. 1998). “The customs inspector searched the package as a routine matter.”
Bradley v. United States, 299 F.3d 197 (3rd Cir. 2002). “” 19 U.S.C. § 1582 ; see also 19 U.S.C. § 1496 (authorizing customs officials to search the baggage of persons entering the country); 19 C.”
United States v. Donald Wanjiku, 919 F.3d 472 (7th Cir. 2019). “§ 1581 (boarding vessels); and 19 U.S.C. § 1582 (search of persons and baggage; regulations).”
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