# 31 CFR § 401.2: Custody

> Federal · Regulations · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-401.2

## Section

- **Citation:** 31 CFR § 401.2
- **Heading:** Custody
- **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

Each vessel, vehicle, or aircraft seized pursuant to the said act of August 9, 1939, and the regulations in this part shall forthwith be placed by the seizing officer in the custody of the District Director of Customs for the customs district in which such seizure is made. Such placing in custody shall be effected by immediate notification of the appropriate District Director of Customs of the seizure, together with a statement of the facts including a description of the vessel, vehicle, or aircraft, and the holding by the seizing officer of such vessel, vehicle, or aircraft subject to the instructions of the said district director of customs.

## 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-31-401.2. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.