{"data":{"id":"us/19-u.s.c.-1496","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"19 U.S.C. § 1496","heading":"Examination of baggage","body":"The appropriate customs officer may cause an examination to be made of the baggage of any person arriving in the United States in order to ascertain what articles are contained therein and whether subject to duty, free of duty, or prohibited notwithstanding a declaration and entry therefor has been made.","path":["Title 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES","CHAPTER 4—TARIFF ACT OF 1930"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc19@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:57:37Z","sha256":"22700ccb0f9fa2d2cecd4d92b9ed228c24145b08d79d93ed8cd0ca6ab0ab9e6e","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/19-u.s.c.-1495","next":"us/19-u.s.c.-1496a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}