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19 U.S.C. 1614: Release of seized property

Created in 1970 by Public Law 91-271. Changed by 3 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

2 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security; Department of the Treasury (2).

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    1984

    • Pub. L. 98–573 and Pub. L. 98–473 inserted reference to aircraft in three places.

    1970

    • Pub. L. 91–271 substituted reference to the appropriate customs officer for reference to the collector.

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.