27 CFR § 646.153 - Authority of appropriate ATF officers to enter business premises.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t27/s646.153"
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title: "27 CFR § 646.153 - Authority of appropriate ATF officers to enter business premises."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "646.153"
section_name: "Authority of appropriate ATF officers to enter business premises."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS RELATING TO ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO"
part_number: "646"
part_name: "CONTRABAND CIGARETTES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "18 U.S.C. 2341-2346, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 48612, July 21, 1980, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated by T.D. ATF-487, 68 FR 3753, Jan. 24, 2003."
cfr_part: "646"
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# 646.153 Authority of appropriate ATF officers to enter business premises.

Any appropriate ATF officer may enter the business premises of any distributor of cigarettes to inspect the records required by §§ 646.146 through 646.147 or to inspect any cigarettes stored on the premises—

(a) Pursuant to duly issued search warrant or an administrative inspection warrant; or

(b) Upon the consent of the distributor to enter his premises.

[45 FR 48612, July 21, 1980, as amended by T.D. ATF-472, 67 FR 8881, Feb. 27, 2002]