18 U.S.C. § 646 — Court officers depositing registry moneys
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 154 words · no verdicts yet
A federal court clerk or officer who improperly keeps, uses, or fails to deposit court registry money commits embezzlement. The section allows delivery of the money against security when the court directs it.
A clerk or other officer of a United States court who does not promptly deposit money belonging in the court registry, paid into court, or received by court officers with the United States Treasurer or a designated depositary, in the court’s name and credit, or who keeps or converts that money for self or another, commits embezzlement. The person may be fined under this title or an amount no greater than the amount embezzled, whichever is greater, imprisoned up to 10 years, or both. If the amount is no more than $1,000, the person may instead be fined under this title or imprisoned up to one year, or both. This does not prevent the court from directing delivery of the money against security under the parties’ agreement.
Whoever, being a clerk or other officer of a court of the United States*, fails to deposit promptly any money belonging in the registry of the court, or paid into court or received by the officers thereof, with the Treasurer or a designated depositary of the United States, in the name and to the credit of such court, or retains or converts to his own use or to the use of another any such money, is guilty of embezzlement and shall be fined under this title or not more than the amount embezzled, whichever is greater, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; but if the amount embezzled does not exceed $1,000, he shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
This section shall not prevent the delivery of any such money upon security, according to agreement of parties, under the direction of the court.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 726; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), (2)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147, 2148; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 606(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3511.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 726
- 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147, 2148
- 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-294 · 110 Stat. 3511
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.
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