31 CFR § 401.3 - Authority of District Directors of Customs to hold in custody.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s401.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "31 CFR § 401.3 - Authority of District Directors of Customs to hold in custody."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "401.3"
section_name: "Authority of District Directors of Customs to hold in custody."
chapter_name: "SECRET SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "401"
part_name: "SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE OF VESSELS, VEHICLES AND AIRCRAFT USED TO TRANSPORT COUNTERFEIT COINS, OBLIGATIONS, SECURITIES, AND PARAPHERNALIA"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 8, 53 Stat. 1293; 49 U.S.C. 788."
regulatory_source: "33 FR 4257, Mar. 7, 1968, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "401"
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# 401.3 Authority of District Directors of Customs to hold in custody.

District Directors of Customs are hereby authorized and designated to hold in custody awaiting appropriate disposition vessels, vehicles, and aircraft seized pursuant to the said act of August 9, 1939, and the regulations in this part.