{"data":{"id":"us/18-u.s.c.-2234","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"18 U.S.C. § 2234","heading":"Authority exceeded in executing warrant","body":"Whoever, in executing a search warrant, willfully exceeds his authority or exercises it with unnecessary severity, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.","path":["Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 109—SEARCHES AND SEIZURES"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc18@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:53Z","sha256":"d1237099ec9ea707c21601c74eb7e59916d935cdb1835fe0e06d029be5955050","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/18-u.s.c.-2233","next":"us/18-u.s.c.-2235"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}