June 17, 1930, ch. 49746 Stat. 755June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 162 Stat. 869Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 121368 Stat. 1141Pub. L. 91–271, title III, § 301(ff)84 Stat. 291Pub. L. 95–410, title I, § 111(c)92 Stat. 898Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 31598 Stat. 2054Pub. L. 98–573, title II, § 213(a)(9)98 Stat. 2985Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7367(c)(4)102 Stat. 4480Pub. L. 103–182, title VI, § 667107 Stat. 2215(, title IV, § 612, ; , ; , title V, § 506, ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title IV, § 61242 Stat. 986Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , . That section was superseded by section 612 of act , comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.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 concerning the sale of property liable to perish or waste, etc., were contained in R.S. § 3080, prior to repeal by , .
Amendments
Pub. L. 103–182, § 667(1)1993—Subsec. (a). , substituted “the Customs Service” for “the appropriate customs officer” after “Whenever it appears to”, for “such officer” after “delivered under bond,”, for “such officer” before “shall forthwith transmit” and for “the customs officer” after “Whether such sale be made by” and substituted “its report of the seizure” for “the appraiser’s return and his report of the seizure”.
Pub. L. 103–182, § 667(2)Subsec. (b). , amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: “If the expense of keeping the vessel, vehicle, aircraft, merchandise, or baggage is disproportionate to the value thereof, and such value is less than $1,000, such officer may proceed forthwith to order destruction or other appropriate disposition of such property, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.”
Pub. L. 100–6901988— reenacted section substantially without change.
Pub. L. 98–573section 1607 of this titlesection 1606 of this titlesection 1607 of this title1984—Subsec. (a). designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted reference to aircraft in six places and substituted “the value thereof, and such vessel” for “the value thereof, and the value of such vessel”, “is subject to ” for “as determined under , does not exceed $10,000”, “If such vessel” for “If such value of such vessel”, and “baggage is not subject to ,” for “baggage exceeds $10,000”, and added subsec. (b).
Pub. L. 98–473Pub. L. 98–573 amended section in manner substantially identical to amendment by , but did not add a subsec. (b) or provisions similar thereto.
Pub. L. 95–4101978— substituted “$10,000” for “$2,500” wherever appearing.
Pub. L. 91–2711970— substituted references to appropriate customs officer or such officer for references to collector wherever appearing therein, and struck out references to appraiser and appraiser’s return of value.
1954—Act , substituted “$2,500” for “$1,000” wherever appearing.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
section 541 of Title 28Act , eff. , substituted “United States attorney” for “United States district attorney”. See , Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, and Historical and Revision Note thereunder.
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 .
Transfer of Functions
section 542 of Title 6Pub. L. 107–296section 211 of Title 6Pub. L. 114–125section 802(b) of Pub. L. 114–125section 211 of Title 6For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the United States Customs Service of the Department of the Treasury, including functions of the Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 203(1), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under . For establishment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Security, treated as if included in as of , see , as amended generally by , and , set out as a note under .