{"identifier":"/us/usc/t14/s523","title":14,"num":"\u00a7\u202f523.","heading":"Enforcement authority","text":"\u00a7\u202f523.\nEnforcement authority\nSubject to guidelines approved by the Secretary, members of the Coast Guard, in the performance of official duties, may\u2014\n(1) carry a firearm; and\n(2) while at a facility (as defined in\n(A) make an arrest without warrant for any offense against the United States committed in their presence; and\n(B) seize property as otherwise provided by law.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t14/s523.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t14/s523","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f523."},{"t":"heading","text":"Enforcement authority","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Subject to guidelines approved by the Secretary, members of the Coast Guard, in the performance of official duties, may\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t14/s523/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" carry a firearm; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t14/s523/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" while at a facility (as defined in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 70101 of title 46","href":"/us/usc/t46/s70101","tail":")\u2014"}]},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t14/s523/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" make an arrest without warrant for any offense against the United States committed in their presence; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t14/s523/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" seize property as otherwise provided by law.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}