1996 US Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 73 - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
Sec. 1506 - Theft or alteration of record or process; false bail
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 73 - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE Sec. 1506 - Theft or alteration of record or process; false bail |
| Contains | section 1506 |
| Date | 1996 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 6, 1997 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 770; Sept. 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(K), 108 Stat. 2147. |
| Statutes at Large References | 35 Stat. 1111 62 Stat. 770 108 Stat. 2147 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 103-322 |
§1506. Theft or alteration of record or process; false bail
Whoever feloniously steals, takes away, alters, falsifies, or otherwise avoids any record, writ, process, or other proceeding, in any court of the United States, whereby any judgment is reversed, made void, or does not take effect; or
Whoever acknowledges, or procures to be acknowledged in any such court, any recognizance, bail, or judgment, in the name of any other person not privy or consenting to the same—
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 770; Sept. 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(K), 108 Stat. 2147.)
Historical and Revision NotesBased on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §233 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §127, 35 Stat. 1111).
The term of imprisonment was reduced from 7 to 5 years, to conform the punishment with like ones for similar offenses. (See section 1503 of this title.)
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
Amendments1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than ,000” in last par.
Cross ReferencesConcealment, removal or destruction of records, see section 2071 of this title.
Embezzlement or theft of records, generally, see section 641 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in title 29 section 1111.
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