19 U.S.C. § 483
Section 483 · Repealed. Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1213, title V, 502, 68 Stat. 1140
Applied in 20 court decisions — leading case United States v. Lester (1957)
Most recently applied in United States v. One 1976 Mercedes 450 SLC (February 1982)
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.
Section, R.S. 3062; act Aug. 5, 1935, ch. 438, title II, 208, 49 Stat. 526, related to forfeitures and penalty for aiding unlawful importation. See section 1595a of this title.