All vessels, vehicles, aircraft, merchandise, and baggage seized under the provisions of the customs laws, or laws relating to the navigation, registering, enrolling or licensing, or entry or clearance, of vessels, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be placed and remain in the custody of the appropriate customs officer for the district in which the seizure was made to await disposition according to law.
Pending such disposition, the property shall be stored in such place as, in the customs officer’s opinion, is most convenient and appropriate with due regard to the expense involved, whether or not the place of storage is within the judicial district or the customs collection district in which the property was seized; and storage of the property outside the judicial district or customs collection district in which it was seized shall in no way affect the jurisdiction of the court which would otherwise have jurisdiction over such property.
June 17, 1930, ch. 49746 Stat. 754Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 121368 Stat. 1141Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 301(cc)84 Stat. 291Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 32198 Stat. 2056Pub. L. 98–573, title II, § 213(a)(2)98 Stat. 2984(, title IV, § 605, ; , title V, § 505, ; , , ; , , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 60542 Stat. 985Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , . That section was superseded by section 605 of act , comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.
act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 64242 Stat. 989Provisions substantially similar to those in this section so far as it relates to merchandise or property seized under the customs laws, were contained in R.S. § 3086, prior to repeal by , .
Amendments
Pub. L. 98–573Pub. L. 98–4731984— and inserted reference to aircraft in first par.
Pub. L. 91–2711970— substituted references to appropriate customs officer or customs officer for references to collector wherever appearing.
1954—Act , permitted collector of seized property to store it in such places as he considers convenient or appropriate, whether within or without the judicial district in which it was seized, without affecting the jurisdiction of the court over such property.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Pub. L. 98–573section 214(e) of Pub. L. 98–573section 1304 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
Effective Date of 1970 Amendment
Pub. L. 91–271section 203 of Pub. L. 91–271section 1500 of this titleFor effective date of amendment by , see , set out as a note under .