---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 U.S.C. § 488d"
title: "6"
title_heading: "Domestic Security"
number: "488d"
heading: "Theft reporting requirement"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/6/488d"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization"
  - "Subchapter VIII — Coordination with Non-Federal Entities; Inspector General; United States Secret Service; Coast Guard; General Provisions"
  - "Part J — Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate"
---

# §488d. Theft reporting requirement


Any person who is required to comply with [section 488a(e) of this title](/usc/6/488a.md?p=e) who has knowledge of the theft or unexplained [loss](/usc/6/444.md?p=5) of [ammonium nitrate](/usc/6/488.md?p=1) shall report such theft or [loss](/usc/6/444.md?p=5) to the appropriate Federal law enforcement authorities not later than 1 calendar day of the date on which the person becomes aware of such theft or [loss](/usc/6/444.md?p=5). Upon receipt of such report, the relevant Federal authorities shall inform [State](/usc/6/101.md?p=17), local, and tribal law enforcement [entities](/usc/6/301c.md?p=2), as appropriate.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 899E, as added Pub. L. 110–161, div. E, title V, § 563(a), Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2088.)