---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 C.F.R. § 146.10"
title: "19"
number: "146.10"
heading: "Authority to examine merchandise."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/19/146.10"
---

# §146.10. Authority to examine merchandise.


The port director may cause any merchandise to be examined before or at the time of admission to a zone, or at any time thereafter, if the examination is considered necessary to facilitate the proper administration of any law, regulation, or instruction which Customs is authorized to enforce.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 66, 81a-81u, 1202 (General Note 3(i), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States), 1623, 1624.

### Source

Source: T.D. 86-16, 51 FR 5049, Feb. 11, 1986, unless otherwise noted.