19 U.S.C. § 1600
Section 1600 · Application of the customs laws to other seizures by customs officers
This is the Tariff Act of 1930
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 18 court decisions — leading case Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prisons (2008)
Most recently applied in Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prisons (January 2008)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The procedures set forth in sections 1602 through 1619 of this title shall apply to seizures of any property effected by customs officers under any law enforced or administered by the Customs Service unless such law specifies different procedures.
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Prior Provisions
A prior section 600 of act June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, 46 Stat. 753, related to gratuities, prior to repeal by act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, §21, 62 Stat. 862, eff. Sept. 1, 1948. See section 213 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.