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US Code · Through Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026) · Newer source version available

18 U.S.C. § 1506: Theft or alteration of record or process; false bail

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  1. Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
  2. CHAPTER 73—OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE

Whoever feloniously steals, takes away, alters, falsifies, or otherwise avoids any record, writ, process, or other proceeding, in any court of the United States, whereby any judgment is reversed, made void, or does not take effect; or Whoever acknowledges, or procures to be acknowledged in any such court, any recognizance, bail, or judgment, in the name of any other person not privy or consenting to the same— Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

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