{"data":{"id":"us/52-u.s.c.-20702","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"52 U.S.C. § 20702","heading":"Theft, destruction, concealment, mutilation, or alteration of records or papers; penalties","body":"Any person, whether or not an officer of election or custodian, who willfully steals, destroys, conceals, mutilates, or alters any record or paper required by section 20701 of this title to be retained and preserved shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.","path":["Title 52—VOTING AND ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 207—FEDERAL ELECTION RECORDS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc52@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:01:28Z","sha256":"3ea6753d18971381057493566718459a248a8cf9192253818272a0fb40a28943","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/52-u.s.c.-20701","next":"us/52-u.s.c.-20703"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}