18 U.S.C. § 647 — Receiving loan from court officer
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 86 words · no verdicts yet
A person who knowingly receives United States court-registry money from a court clerk or officer commits embezzlement and faces fines or imprisonment. The lower penalty applies when the amount is no more than $1,000.
A person who knowingly receives from a United States court clerk or other officer money belonging in the court registry, whether as a deposit, loan, or otherwise, 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.
Whoever knowingly receives, from a clerk or other officer of a court of the United States*, as a deposit, loan, or otherwise, any money belonging in the registry of such court, 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.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 727; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), (2)(G), 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. 727
- 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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