{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s2234","title_num":"18","num":"§ 2234.","heading":"Authority exceeded in executing warrant","status":null,"guid":"idbd87ebde-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","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; Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title III, § 3002(a)(3), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1805.)","seq_in_title":779,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch109","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/ch109","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 109—","heading":"SEARCHES AND SEIZURES","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=\"id74f07c52-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2234\"><num value=\"2234\">§ 2234.</num><heading> Authority exceeded in executing warrant</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">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.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id74f07c53-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(<ref href=\"/us/act/1948-06-25/ch645\">June 25, 1948, ch. 645</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/62/803\">62 Stat. 803</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/104/294/tVI/s601/a/8\">Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 601(a)(8)</ref>, <date date=\"1996-10-11\">Oct. 11, 1996</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/110/3498\">110 Stat. 3498</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/107/273/dB/tIII/s3002/a/3\">Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title III, § 3002(a)(3)</ref>, <date date=\"2002-11-02\">Nov. 2, 2002</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/116/1805\">116 Stat. 1805</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id74f07c54-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"historicalAndRevision\" id=\"id74f07c55-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Historical and Revision Notes</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 631 (<ref href=\"/us/act/1917-06-15/ch30\">June 15, 1917, ch. 30</ref>, title XI, § 21, <ref href=\"/us/stat/40/230\">40 Stat. 230</ref>).</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Minor changes were made in phraseology.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id74f07c56-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id74f07c57-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">2002—<ref href=\"/us/pl/107/273\">Pub. L. 107–273</ref> inserted “, or both” after “year”.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">1996—<ref href=\"/us/pl/104/294\">Pub. L. 104–294</ref> substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000”.</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}