Federal · Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

18 U.S.C. § 2234: Authority exceeded in executing warrant

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person who willfully exceeds authority or uses unnecessary severity while executing a search warrant may be fined or imprisoned up to one year, or both.

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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.

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