18 USC § 3107 - Service of warrants and seizures by Federal Bureau of Investigation

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s3107"
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title: "18 USC § 3107 - Service of warrants and seizures by Federal Bureau of Investigation"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "3107"
section_name: "Service of warrants and seizures by Federal Bureau of Investigation"
chapter_number: 205
chapter_name: "SEARCHES AND SEIZURES"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 819; Jan. 10, 1951, ch. 1221, § 2, 64 Stat. 1239.)"
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# § 3107. Service of warrants and seizures by Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Director, Associate Director, Assistant to the Director, Assistant Directors, agents, and inspectors of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice are empowered to make seizures under warrant for violation of the laws of the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 819; Jan. 10, 1951, ch. 1221, § 2, 64 Stat. 1239.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on , U.S.C., 1940 ed., Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees (, ; , title II, ).

, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, was used as the basis for this section and .

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1951—Act , included within its provisions the Associate Director and the Assistant to the Director.

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Functions of all other officers of Department of Justice and functions of all agencies and employees of such Department, with a few exceptions, transferred to Attorney General, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3173, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.