18 USC § 547 - Depositing goods in buildings on boundaries

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s547"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "18 USC § 547 - Depositing goods in buildings on boundaries"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "547"
section_name: "Depositing goods in buildings on boundaries"
chapter_number: 27
chapter_name: "CUSTOMS"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "CRIMES"
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. 717; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)"
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# § 547. Depositing goods in buildings on boundaries

Whoever receives or deposits any merchandise in any building upon the boundary line between the United States and any foreign country, or carries any merchandise through the same, in violation of law, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 717; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on , U.S.C., 1940 ed., Customs Duties (, title IV, § 596, ).

Reference to persons aiding, contained in words “or aids therein,” was omitted as such persons are made principals by .

Changes were made in phraseology.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $5,000”.