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SENSITIVE Manl-ID: LHBSAP1 LEGAL HANDBOOK FOR SPECIAL AGENTS PART 1 tL LE over to the U.S. Marshal as soon as practicable (see Section 5-2,2.16). KeELEDte: 07/26/1999 MCRT#: 915 Div: D9 Cav: SecCls: |5-9| MARKING EVIDENCE FOR IDENTIFICATION | (Formerly 5-8) | All articles legally seized as evidence should be carefully marked for identification. These markings should be of such a character as not to injure the evidence itself. They should be made in such a manner as to preclude the possibility of the marks being obliterated. Their character should be such as to make it possible for the person or persons who obtained the evidence to testify at a later date that this particular article was found at a certain place at a certain time. Each mark should be distinctive; therefore, an "x" should never be used. Evidence obtained and placed in containers or cellophane envelopes should be appropriately identified. Detailed notes should be made describing the articles found, the place they were found, the date found, and the person who found them and the identifying mark on each. The original notes should be preserved in the investigative file of the case for use by the Agent when he/she 18 called upon to testify at the trial. I£ any of the evidence contains identifying numbers, such as found on guns or lottery tickets, these numbers should be recorded by the Agent finding the article and the original notes preserved. *xEEEDte: 07/26/1999 MCRT#: 915 Divs D9 Cav: SecCls: 5-9,1 |Moved to 5-10.1| eeEFEDte: 07/26/1999 MCRT#: 915 Div: D9 Cav: SecCls: 5-9.2 |Moved to 5-10.2| *kEEEDtE: 07/26/1999 MCRT#: 915 Div: D9 Cav: SecCls: 5-9.3 |Moved to 510.3] *REFEDte: 07/26/1999 MCRT#: 915 Div: D9 Cav: SecCls: |5-10] SEARCHES BY U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE | (Formerly 5-9) | **EFEDte: 07/26/1999 MCRT#: 915 Dév: DI Cav: SecCls: }5-10.1| Authority of Customs Officers | (Formerly 5-9.1) | SENSITIVE Printed: 08/20/2003 06:43:34 Page 27