28 USC § 872 - Criers, bailiffs, and messengers

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s872"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "28 USC § 872 - Criers, bailiffs, and messengers"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "872"
section_name: "Criers, bailiffs, and messengers"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 86–243, § 1, Sept. 9, 1959, 73 Stat. 474, § 873; amended Pub. L. 96–417, title V, § 501(19), Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1742; renumbered § 872, Pub. L. 99–466, § 3(b)(2), Oct. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 1191.)"
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# § 872. Criers, bailiffs, and messengers

The Court of International Trade may appoint such criers as it may require for said court, which criers shall also perform the duties of bailiffs and messengers and such other duties as the court directs and shall be subject to removal by the court.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 86–243, § 1, Sept. 9, 1959, 73 Stat. 474, § 873; amended Pub. L. 96–417, title V, § 501(19), Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1742; renumbered § 872, Pub. L. 99–466, § 3(b)(2), Oct. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 1191.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 872, acts , ; , ; , , ; , , , related to a marshal and deputy marshals, prior to repeal by , §§ 3(b)(1), 4, , , effective 60 days after .

### Amendments

1986— renumbered  as this section.

1980— redesignated the Customs Court as the Court of International Trade.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , and applicable with respect to civil actions pending on or commenced on or after such date, see , set out as a note under .

### Savings Provision

Enactment of section by  not to deprive Customs Court officers or employees of any rights, privileges, or civil service status, see , set out as a note under .