27 CFR § 45.23 - Authority of appropriate TTB officers to enter premises.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t27/s45.23"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "27 CFR § 45.23 - Authority of appropriate TTB officers to enter premises."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "45.23"
section_name: "Authority of appropriate TTB officers to enter premises."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "TOBACCO"
part_number: "45"
part_name: "REMOVAL OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND CIGARETTE PAPERS AND TUBES, WITHOUT PAYMENT OF TAX, FOR USE OF THE UNITED STATES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "26 U.S.C. 5702-5705, 5723, 5741, 5751, 5762, 5763, 6109, 6313, 7212, 7342, 7606, 7805; 44 U.S.C. 3504(h)."
regulatory_source: "Redesignated by T.D. ATF-469, 66 FR 56758, Nov. 13, 2001."
cfr_part: "45"
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# 45.23 Authority of appropriate TTB officers to enter premises.
Any appropriate TTB officer may enter in the daytime any premises where tobacco products, or cigarette papers or tubes removed under this part are kept, so far as it may be necessary for the purpose of examining such articles. When such premises are open at night, any appropriate TTB officer may enter them, while so open, in the performance of their official duties. The owner of such premises, or person having the superintendence of the same, who refuses to admit any appropriate TTB officer or permit that officer to examine the articles removed under this part shall be liable to the penalties prescribed by law for the offense.
(68A Stat. 872, 903; 26 U.S.C. 7342, 7606)
[T.D. 6871, 31 FR 57, Jan. 4, 1966. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 15, 1975, and amended by T.D. ATF-232, 51 FR 28090, Aug. 5, 1986; T.D. ATF-243, 51 FR 43194, Dec. 1, 1986; T.D. ATF-472, 67 FR 8880, Feb. 27, 2002; T.D. TTB-196, 89 FR 87949, Nov. 6, 2024]