1999 US Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 109 - SEARCHES AND SEIZURES
Sec. 2234 - Authority exceeded in executing warrant
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 5, 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 109 - SEARCHES AND SEIZURES Sec. 2234 - Authority exceeded in executing warrant |
| Contains | section 2234 |
| Date | 1999 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 23, 2000 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 803; Pub. L. 104-294, title VI, §601(a)(8), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498. |
| Statutes at Large References | 40 Stat. 230 62 Stat. 803 110 Stat. 3498 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 104-294 |
§2234. Authority exceeded in executing warrant
Whoever, in executing a search warrant, willfully exceeds his authority or exercises it with unnecessary severity, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 803; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, §601(a)(8), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498.)
Historical and Revision NotesBased on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §631 (June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title XI, §21, 40 Stat. 230).
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
Amendments1996—Pub. L. 104–294 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than ,000”.
Canal ZoneApplicability of section to Canal Zone, see section 14 of this title.
Cross ReferencesBreaking doors or windows to execute warrant, see section 3109 of this title.
Jurisdiction of offenses, see section 3241 of this title.
Minor offenses tried by United States magistrate judges as excluding offenses punishable under this section, see section 3401 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in section 14 of this title; title 21 section 885.
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