19 USC § 1561 - Public stores

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identifier: "/us/usc/t19/s1561"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "19 USC § 1561 - Public stores"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "1561"
section_name: "Public stores"
chapter_number: 4
chapter_name: "TARIFF ACT OF 1930"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "Transportation in Bond and Warehousing of Merchandise"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 561, 46 Stat. 745.)"
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# § 1561. Public stores

Any premises owned or leased by the Government and used for the storage of merchandise for the final release of which from customs custody a permit has not been issued shall be known as a “public store.”

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**Source Credit**: (June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 561, 46 Stat. 745.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , . That section was superseded by section 561 of act , comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.