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18 U.S.C. § 1071 — Concealing person from arrest

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 111 words · no verdicts yet

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A person who knowingly hides someone wanted under a United States warrant or legal process to prevent that person’s arrest may be fined or imprisoned. The maximum prison term is five years when the warrant concerns a felony or follows a conviction.

A person who shelters or hides someone for whom a warrant or other legal process has been issued under United States law, intending to keep that person from being found and arrested, is subject to a fine, up to one year in prison, or both, if the person knew or had notice that the warrant or process had been issued. If the warrant or process concerns a felony or was issued after the person was convicted of an offense, the maximum prison term is five years. The person may also be fined, or receive both punishments.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Whoever harbors or conceals any person for whose arrest a warrant or process has been issued under the provisions of any law of the United States, so as to prevent his discovery and arrest, after notice or knowledge of the fact that a warrant or process has been issued for the apprehension of such person, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; except that if the warrant or process issued on a charge of felony, or after conviction of such person of any offense, the punishment shall be a fine under this title, or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 755; Aug. 20, 1954, ch. 771, 68 Stat. 747; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), (K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title IV, § 4003(a)(3), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1811.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 755
  • 1954Amended · Act of Aug. 20, 1954, ch. 771 · 68 Stat. 747
  • 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147
  • 2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-273 · 116 Stat. 1811

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

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