                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 4--TARIFF ACT OF 1930
 
                 SUBTITLE III--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                     Part V--Enforcement Provisions
 
Sec. 1602. Seizure; report to customs officer

    It shall be the duty of any officer, agent, or other person 
authorized by law to make seizures of merchandise or baggage subject to 
seizure for violation of the customs laws, to report every such seizure 
immediately to the appropriate customs officer for the district in which 
such violation occurred, and to turn over and deliver to such customs 
officer any vessel, vehicle, aircraft, merchandise, or baggage seized by 
him, and to report immediately to such customs officer every violation 
of the customs laws.

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, Sec. 602, 46 Stat. 754; Pub. L. 91-
271, title III, Sec. 301(z), June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 290; Pub. L. 98-473, 
title II, Sec. 321, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2056; Pub. L. 98-573, title 
II, Sec. 213(a)(1), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2984.)

                       References in Text

    The customs laws, referred to in text, are classified generally to 
this title.


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act 
Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, Sec. 602, 42 Stat. 984. That section 
was superseded by section 602 of act June 17, 1930, comprising this 
section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.
    Prior provisions requiring officers or persons employed in the 
customs revenue service, upon detection of any violation of the customs 
laws, to make complaint to the collector, were contained in act June 22, 
1874, ch. 391, Sec. 15, 18 Stat. 189, prior to repeal by act Sept. 21, 
1922, ch. 356, title IV, Sec. 643, 42 Stat. 989.


                               Amendments

    1984--Pub. L. 98-573 and Pub. L. 98-473 inserted reference to 
aircraft.
    1970--Pub. L. 91-271 substituted references to appropriate customs 
officer or such customs officer for references to collector wherever 
appearing.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-573 effective Oct. 15, 1984, see section 
214(e) of Pub. L. 98-573, set out as a note under section 1304 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

    For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 91-271, see section 203 
of Pub. L. 91-271, set out as a note under section 1500 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1600 of this title; title 18 
section 981.
