19 U.S.C. § 1467 : US Code - Section 1467: Special inspection, examination, and search

Search 19 U.S.C. § 1467 : US Code - Section 1467: Special inspection, examination, and search

Whenever a vessel from a foreign port or place or from a port or
place in any Territory or possession of the United States arrives
at a port or place in the United States or the Virgin Islands,
whether directly or via another port or place in the United States
or the Virgin Islands, the appropriate customs officer for such
port or place of arrival may, under such regulations as the
Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe and for the purpose of
assuring compliance with any law, regulation, or instruction which
the Secretary of the Treasury or the Customs Service is authorized
to enforce, cause inspection, examination, and search to be made of
the persons, baggage, and merchandise discharged or unladen from
such vessel, whether or not any or all such persons, baggage, or
merchandise has previously been inspected, examined, or searched by
officers of the customs.