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28 CFR § 511.13 - Searches before entering, or while inside, a Bureau facility or Bureau grounds.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s511.13"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 511.13 - Searches before entering, or while inside, a Bureau facility or Bureau grounds."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "511.13"
section_name: "Searches before entering, or while inside, a Bureau facility or Bureau grounds."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "511"
part_name: "GENERAL MANAGEMENT POLICY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 751, 752, 1791, 1792, 1793, 3050, 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4012, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984 as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510."
regulatory_source: "49 FR 44057, Nov. 1, 1984, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "511"
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# 511.13 Searches before entering, or while inside, a Bureau facility or Bureau grounds.

Bureau staff may search you and your belongings (for example, bags, boxes, vehicles, containers in vehicles, jackets or coats, etc.) before entering, or while inside, any Bureau facilities or Bureau grounds, to keep out prohibited objects.