2015 US Code
Title 52 - Voting and Elections (Sections 10101 - 30146)
Subtitle II - Voting Assistance and Election Administration (Sections 20101 - 21145)
Chapter 207 - Federal Election Records (Sections 20701 - 20706)
Sec. 20702 - Theft, destruction, concealment, mutilation, or alteration of records or papers; penalties
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 52 - VOTING AND ELECTIONS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 52 - VOTING AND ELECTIONS Subtitle II - Voting Assistance and Election Administration CHAPTER 207 - FEDERAL ELECTION RECORDS Sec. 20702 - Theft, destruction, concealment, mutilation, or alteration of records or papers; penalties |
| Contains | section 20702 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 86-449, title III, §302, May 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 88. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 74 Stat. 88 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 86-449 |
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Any person, whether or not an officer of election or custodian, who willfully steals, destroys, conceals, mutilates, or alters any record or paper required by section 20701 of this title to be retained and preserved shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(Pub. L. 86–449, title III, §302, May 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 88.)
CODIFICATIONSection was formerly classified to section 1974a of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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