{"data":{"id":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-5301","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"18 Pa.C.S. § 5301","heading":"Official oppression.","body":"A person acting or purporting to act in an official capacity or taking advantage of such actual or purported capacity commits a misdemeanor of the second degree if, knowing that his conduct is illegal, he:\n(1) subjects another to arrest, detention, search, seizure, mistreatment, dispossession, assessment, lien or other infringement of personal or property rights; or\n(2) denies or impedes another in the exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege, power or immunity.","path":["Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES","PART II DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC OFFENSES","ARTICLE E OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 53 ABUSE OF OFFICE"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=18\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=53\u0026sctn=1\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-31 (Statute Update stamp, 18 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:28Z","sha256":"89a4cc10b2d10a48bc8ec49eb7ec40f424296891ce4227d019726e6cdba7ce3d","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-5131","next":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-5302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}