---
kind: "unit"
title: "19"
title_heading: "Customs Duties"
key: "ch3/stIV/pt5"
level: "part"
label: "Part 5"
heading: "enforcement provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/19/ch3-stIV-pt5"
sections_count: 24
---

# Part 5 — enforcement provisions

Title 19 — Customs Duties › Chapter 3 — The Tariff and Related Provisions › Subtitle IV — Customs Administration

## Sections

- [§481. Repealed.](/usc/19/481.md)
- [§482. Search of vehicles and persons](/usc/19/482.md)
- [§483. Repealed.](/usc/19/483.md)
- [§484...493. Repealed.](/usc/19/484...493.md)
- [§494. Repealed.](/usc/19/494.md)
- [§495...505. Repealed.](/usc/19/495...505.md)
- [§506. Repealed.](/usc/19/506.md)
- [§507. Officers to make character known; assistance for officers](/usc/19/507.md)
- [§508. Persons making seizures pleading general issue and proving special matter](/usc/19/508.md)
- [§509...521. Repealed.](/usc/19/509...521.md)
- [§522...524. Repealed.](/usc/19/522...524.md)
- [§525. Repealed.](/usc/19/525.md)
- [§526. Repealed.](/usc/19/526.md)
- [§527. Sums received from fines and other receipts covered into Treasury](/usc/19/527.md)
- [§528. Appropriate customs officer to receive amount recovered](/usc/19/528.md)
- [§529. Repealed.](/usc/19/529.md)
- [§530. Omitted](/usc/19/530.md)
- [§531...534. Repealed.](/usc/19/531...534.md)
- [§535. Compulsory production of books, invoices, or papers](/usc/19/535.md)
- [§536. Repealed.](/usc/19/536.md)
- [§537. Officers, informers, and defendants as witnesses](/usc/19/537.md)
- [§539. Repealed.](/usc/19/539.md)
- [§540. President may use suitable vessels for enforcing customs laws](/usc/19/540.md)
- [§542. Repealed.](/usc/19/542.md)