# 31 CFR § 406.1: Secret Service officers authorized to make seizures of gold

> Federal · Regulations · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-406.1

## Section

- **Citation:** 31 CFR § 406.1
- **Heading:** Secret Service officers authorized to make seizures of gold
- **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 406—SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE OF GOLD FOR VIOLATIONS OF GOLD RESERVE ACT OF 1934 AND GOLD REGULATIONS

## Text

All agents of the U.S. Secret Service, in addition to officers of the customs, are hereby authorized and designated to seize any gold which may be subject to forfeiture for violations of the Gold Reserve Act of 1934 (31 U.S.C. 440-445) and the Gold Regulations.

## 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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