Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I · Chapter 109 — Searches and Seizures
§ 2235. Search warrant procured maliciously
Statutory text
Whoever maliciously and without probable cause procures a search warrant to be issued and executed, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 80–645 · 62 Stat. 683
Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 2235
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 803
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 803Economic Espionage Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104–294 title VI § 601(a)(8) · 110 Stat. 3488
Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 2235
Pub. L. 104–294 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 104–294 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(8) Sections 1821, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1905, 1916, 1918, 1991, 2115, 2116, 2191, 2192, 2194, 2199, 2234, 2235, and 2236 of title 18, United States Code, are each amended by striking “fined not more than $1,000” each place it appears and inserting “fined under this title”.21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act
Pub. L. 107–273 div. B title III § 3002(a)(3) · 116 Stat. 1758
Inserted · 18 U.S.C. § 2235
Pub. L. 107–273 inserted “, or both” after “year”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 107–273 inserted “, or both” after “year”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(3) in sections 1916, 2234, and 2235, by inserting “, or both” after “year”.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 630 (June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title XI, § 20, 40 Stat. 230).
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
Editorial Notes
Amendments1996–2002 · 2 rounds
2002
Pub. L. 107–273 inserted “, or both” after “year”.
1996
Pub. L. 104–294 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000”.
Credits
1948–2002 · 3 acts
- 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 803
- 1996Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 601(a)(8), , 110 Stat. 3498
- 2002Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title III, § 3002(a)(3), , 116 Stat. 1805.
Show as published
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 803; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 601(a)(8), , 110 Stat. 3498; Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title III, § 3002(a)(3), , 116 Stat. 1805.)