Pub. L. 85-36, tit. I, sec. 107

Sec. 107. Any properly identified employee of the Department of Agriculture shall have authority to stop and inspect, without a warrant, any persons or means of conveyance moving into the United States, and any plant pests and any products and articles of any character whatsoever carried thereby, to determine whether such persons or means of conveyance are carrying any plant pest contrary to this Act and whether any such means of conveyance, products, or articles are infested or infected by or contain any plant pest or are moving in violation of any regulation under this Act; to stop and inspect, without a warrant, any persons or means of conveyance moving interstate, and any plant pests and any products and articles of any character whatsoever carried thereby, upon probable cause to believe that such means of conveyance, products, or articles are infested or infected by or contain any plant pest or are moving subject to any regulation under this Act, or that such persons or means of conveyance are carrying any plant pest subject to this Act; and to enter, with a warrant, any premises in the United States, other than places which may be entered under section 15 of the Plant Quarantine Act, to make any inspections and seizures necessary under this Act. Any judge of the United States or of a court of record of any State, Territory or possession, or a United States commissioner, may, within his respective jurisdiction, upon proper oath or affirmation showing probable cause to believe that there are on certain premises any products, articles, means of conveyance, or plant pests regulated or subject to disposal under this Act, issue warrants for the entry of such premises to make any inspections or seizures under this Act. Such warrants may be executed by any authorized employee of the Department of Agriculture.