19 CFR § 162.13 - Search of rooms not described in warrant.

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title: "19 CFR § 162.13 - Search of rooms not described in warrant."
title_number: 19
title_name: "Customs Duties"
section_number: "162.13"
section_name: "Search of rooms not described in warrant."
chapter_name: "U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "162"
part_name: "INSPECTION, SEARCH, AND SEIZURE"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 66, 1592, 1593a, 1624, 6 U.S.C. 101, 8 U.S.C. 1324(b)."
regulatory_source: "T.D. 72-211, 37 FR 16488, Aug. 15, 1972, unless otherwise noted."
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# 162.13 Search of rooms not described in warrant.

When a Customs officer is acting under a warrant to search the rooms in a building occupied by persons named or described in the warrant, no search shall be made of any rooms in such building which are not described in the warrant as occupied by such persons.