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19 U.S.C. § 1595

Searches and seizures

United States · Title 19 — CUSTOMS DUTIES · Status: effective

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19 U.S.C. § 1595, Searches and seizures, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/450478
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If any officer or person authorized to make searches and seizures has probable cause to believe that— Any person authorized by this chapter to make searches and seizures, or any person assisting him or acting under his directions, may, if deemed necessary by him or them, enter into or upon or pass through the lands, inclosures, and buildings, other than the dwelling house, of any person whomsoever, in the discharge of his official duties.

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 99-570(H.R. 5484)1986-10-27
    Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 101-650(H.R. 5316)1990-12-01
    Judicial Improvements Act of 1990
    House: 386–18Senate: no recorded tally