{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s1509","title_num":"18","num":"§ 1509.","heading":"Obstruction of court orders","status":null,"guid":"idbcf2143f-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(Added Pub. L. 86–449, title I, § 101, May 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 86; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)","seq_in_title":552,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch73","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI","level":"part","num":"PART I—","heading":"CRIMES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch73","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 73—","heading":"OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id74b03fc3-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s1509\"><num value=\"1509\">§ 1509.</num><heading> Obstruction of court orders</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">Whoever, by threats or force, willfully prevents, obstructs, impedes, or interferes with, or willfully attempts to prevent, obstruct, impede, or interfere with, the due exercise of rights or the performance of duties under any order, judgment, or decree of a court of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">No injunctive or other civil relief against the conduct made criminal by this section shall be denied on the ground that such conduct is a crime.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id74b03fc4-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/86/449/tI/s101\">Pub. L. 86–449, title I, § 101</ref>, <date date=\"1960-05-06\">May 6, 1960</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/74/86\">74 Stat. 86</ref>; amended <ref href=\"/us/pl/103/322/tXXXIII/s330016/1/H\">Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H)</ref>, <date date=\"1994-09-13\">Sept. 13, 1994</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/108/2147\">108 Stat. 2147</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id74b03fc5-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id74b03fc6-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id74b03fc7-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">1994—<ref href=\"/us/pl/103/322\">Pub. L. 103–322</ref> substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000” in first par.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}