# 28 CFR § 511.13: Searches before entering, or while inside, a Bureau facility or Bureau grounds

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-511.13

## Section

- **Citation:** 28 CFR § 511.13
- **Heading:** Searches before entering, or while inside, a Bureau facility or Bureau grounds
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 28—Judicial Administration > CHAPTER V—BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE > SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION > PART 511—GENERAL MANAGEMENT POLICY > Subpart B—Searching and Detaining or Arresting Non-Inmates

## Text

Bureau staff may search you and your belongings (for example, bags, boxes, vehicles, containers in vehicles, jackets or coats, etc.) before entering, or while inside, any Bureau facilities or Bureau grounds, to keep out prohibited objects.

## Nearby sections

- [28 CFR § 511.10 § 511.10 Purpose and scope.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-511.10.md)
- [28 CFR § 511.11 § 511.11 Prohibited activities.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-511.11.md)
- [28 CFR § 511.12 § 511.12 Prohibited objects.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-511.12.md)
- [28 CFR § 511.13 § 511.13 Searches before entering, or while inside, a Bureau facility or Bureau grounds.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-511.13.md)
- [28 CFR § 511.14 § 511.14 Notification of possible search.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-511.14.md)
- [28 CFR § 511.15 § 511.15 When searches will be conducted.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-511.15.md)
- [28 CFR § 511.16 § 511.16 How searches will be conducted.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-511.16.md)
- [28 CFR § 511.17 § 511.17 When a non-inmate will be denied entry to or required to leave a Bureau facility or Bureau grounds.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-511.17.md)
- [28 CFR § 511.18 § 511.18 When Bureau staff can arrest and detain a non-inmate.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-28-511.18.md)

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