# 31 CFR § 401.1: Secret Service agents authorized to make seizures

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-401.1

## Section

- **Citation:** 31 CFR § 401.1
- **Heading:** Secret Service agents authorized to make seizures
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 31—Money and Finance: Treasury > Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Money and Finance > CHAPTER IV—SECRET SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY > PART 401—SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE OF VESSELS, VEHICLES AND AIRCRAFT USED TO TRANSPORT COUNTERFEIT COINS, OBLIGATIONS, SECURITIES, AND PARAPHERNALIA

## Text

All officers of the U.S. Secret Service engaged in the enforcement of counterfeiting laws are hereby authorized and designated to seize such vessels, vehicles, and aircraft as may be subject to seizure because of violations of the said act of August 9, 1939, pertaining to contraband articles referred to in section 1(b) (3) of said act.

## Nearby sections

- [31 CFR § 401.1 § 401.1 Secret Service agents authorized to make seizures.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-401.1.md)
- [31 CFR § 401.2 § 401.2 Custody.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-401.2.md)
- [31 CFR § 401.3 § 401.3 Authority of District Directors of Customs to hold in custody.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-401.3.md)
- [31 CFR § 401.4 § 401.4 Duties of Bureau of Customs.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-401.4.md)
- [31 CFR § 401.5 § 401.5 Disposition.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-401.5.md)
- [31 CFR § 402.1 § 402.1 Reproductions authorized.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-402.1.md)
- [31 CFR § 403.1 § 403.1 Delivery of counterfeit obligations and other securities and coins authorized.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-403.1.md)
- [31 CFR § 405.1 § 405.1 Illustrations authorized.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-405.1.md)
- [31 CFR § 406.1 § 406.1 Secret Service officers authorized to make seizures of gold.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-406.1.md)
- [31 CFR § 406.2 § 406.2 Custody of seized gold valued not in excess of $2,500.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-406.2.md)
- [31 CFR § 406.3 § 406.3 Forfeiture of gold valued not in excess of $2,500.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-406.3.md)
- [31 CFR § 406.4 § 406.4 Duties of customs officers.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-406.4.md)
- [31 CFR § 406.5 § 406.5 Forfeiture of gold valued in excess of $2,500.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-406.5.md)
- [31 CFR § 407.1 § 407.1 Authority.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-407.1.md)

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-401.1. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.