19 CFR § 162.7 - Search of vehicles, persons, or beasts.

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title: "19 CFR § 162.7 - Search of vehicles, persons, or beasts."
title_number: 19
title_name: "Customs Duties"
section_number: "162.7"
section_name: "Search of vehicles, persons, or beasts."
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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# 162.7 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).

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