18 USC 2234: Authority exceeded in executing warrant
Text contains those laws in effect on December 24, 2024
From Title 18-CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDUREPART I-CRIMESCHAPTER 109-SEARCHES AND SEIZURES
§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, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645,
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §631 (June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title XI, §21,
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
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