18 U.S.C. § 4 — Misprision of felony

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If you know a federal felony was actually committed and you conceal it, instead of telling a judge or other authority as soon as you can, that is misprision of felony. It can be punished with a fine or up to three years in prison, or both.

Anyone who knows that a felony within federal court jurisdiction has actually been committed, and who conceals that fact instead of telling a judge or some other civil or military authority as soon as possible, commits misprision of felony. The punishment is a fine under this title, or up to three years in prison, or both.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony cognizable by a court of the United States, conceals and does not as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other person in civil or military authority under the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 684; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 684
1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.

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