19 CFR § 162.5 - Search of arriving vehicles and aircraft.

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title: "19 CFR § 162.5 - Search of arriving vehicles and aircraft."
title_number: 19
title_name: "Customs Duties"
section_number: "162.5"
section_name: "Search of arriving vehicles and aircraft."
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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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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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# 162.5 Search of arriving vehicles and aircraft.

A customs officer may stop any vehicle and board any aircraft arriving in the United States from a foreign country for the purpose of examining the manifest and other documents and papers and examining, inspecting, and searching the vehicle or aircraft.

[T.D. 72-211, 37 FR 16488, Aug. 15, 1972, as amended by T.D. 90-34, 55 FR 17597, Apr. 26, 1990]