2021 US Code
Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I - Crimes
Chapter 67 - Military and Navy
Sec. 1385 - Use of Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force as posse comitatus
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| §1385. Use of Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force as posse comitatus | ||||||
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Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, or the Space Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. |
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(Added Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §18(a), 70A Stat. 626; amended Pub. L. 86–70, §17(d), June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 144; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title X, §1045(a), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1904.) |
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This section is revised to conform to the style and terminology used in title 18. It is not enacted as a part of title 10, United States Code, since it is more properly allocated to title 18. EDITORIAL NOTES AMENDMENTS 2021—Pub. L. 117–81 substituted "Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force" for "Army and Air Force" in section catchline, and in text substituted "Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps," for "Army or" and inserted ", or the Space Force" after "Air Force". 1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $10,000". 1959—Pub. L. 86–70 struck out provisions which made section inapplicable in Alaska. |
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| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE | ||||||
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| Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 67 - MILITARY AND NAVY Sec. 1385 - Use of Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force as posse comitatus |
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| 20 Stat. 152 31 Stat. 330 73 Stat. 144 108 Stat. 2147 135 Stat. 1904 |
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| Public Law 86-70, Public Law 103-322, Public Law 117-81 |
