31 CFR § 406.1 - Secret Service officers authorized to make seizures of gold.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s406.1"
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title: "31 CFR § 406.1 - Secret Service officers authorized to make seizures of gold."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "406.1"
section_name: "Secret Service officers authorized to make seizures of gold."
chapter_name: "SECRET SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "406"
part_name: "SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE OF GOLD FOR VIOLATIONS OF GOLD RESERVE ACT OF 1934 AND GOLD REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "R.S. 161, as amended, sec. 4, 48 Stat. 340; 5 U.S.C. 301, 31 U.S.C. 443."
regulatory_source: "33 FR 4258, Mar. 7, 1968, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "406"
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# 406.1 Secret Service officers authorized to make seizures of gold.

All agents of the U.S. Secret Service, in addition to officers of the customs, are hereby authorized and designated to seize any gold which may be subject to forfeiture for violations of the Gold Reserve Act of 1934 (31 U.S.C. 440-445) and the Gold Regulations.