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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
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| 52 U.S.C. § 20702 (2016) |
| §20702. Theft, destruction, concealment, mutilation, or alteration of records or papers; penalties |
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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. |
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(Pub. L. 86–449, title III, §302, May 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 88.) |
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CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 1974a of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 52 - VOTING AND ELECTIONS |
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| 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 |
| section 20702 |
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| January 6, 2017 |
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| 74 Stat. 88 |
| Public Law 86-449 |
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