# 31 CFR § 401.3: Authority of District Directors of Customs to hold in custody

> Federal · Regulations · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-401.3

## Section

- **Citation:** 31 CFR § 401.3
- **Heading:** Authority of District Directors of Customs to hold in 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

District Directors of Customs are hereby authorized and designated to hold in custody awaiting appropriate disposition vessels, vehicles, and aircraft seized pursuant to the said act of August 9, 1939, and the regulations in this part.

## 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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