Federal · Title 10 — Armed Forces

10 U.S.C. § 931c: Art. 131c. Misprision of serious offense

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

This statute criminalizes knowingly concealing a serious offense and failing to promptly report it to authorities. The offense applies when someone becomes aware another person committed a serious crime.

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who knows that another person has committed a serious offense; and wrongfully conceals the commission of the offense and fails to make the commission of the offense known to civilian or military authorities as soon as possible;

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