18 USC 2234: Authority exceeded in executing warrant

18 USC 2234: Authority exceeded in executing warrant Text contains those laws in effect on January 4, 1995

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 not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 803 .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §631 (June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title XI, §21, 40 Stat. 230 ).

Minor changes were made in phraseology.

Canal Zone

Applicability of section to Canal Zone, see section 14 of this title.

Cross References

Breaking doors or windows to execute warrant, see section 3109 of this title.

Jurisdiction of offenses, see section 3241 of this title.

Minor offenses tried by United States magistrate judges as excluding offenses punishable under this section, see section 3401 of this title.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 14 of this title; title 21 section 885.