Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

18 U.S.C. § 3107

Service of warrants and seizures by Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Director, Associate Director, Assistant to the Director, Assistant Directors, agents, and inspectors of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice are empowered to make seizures under warrant for violation of the laws of the United States.

June 25, 1948, ch. 64562 Stat. 819Jan. 10, 1951, ch. 1221, § 264 Stat. 1239(, ; , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

section 300a of title 5June 18, 1934, ch. 59548 Stat. 1008Mar. 22, 1935, ch. 3949 Stat. 77Based on , U.S.C., 1940 ed., Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees (, ; , title II, ).

Section 300a of title 5section 3052 of this title, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, was used as the basis for this section and .

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1951—Act , included within its provisions the Associate Director and the Assistant to the Director.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

64 Stat. 1261Functions of all other officers of Department of Justice and functions of all agencies and employees of such Department, with a few exceptions, transferred to Attorney General, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3173, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.