Regarding concealment, removal, or mutilation of records, see Title 18: Crimes and Criminal Procedures, Part 1, Chapter 101: Records and Reports.
http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/18C101.txt
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18 USC CHAPTER 101 – RECORDS AND REPORTS 01/03/2012 (112-90)
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TITLE 18 – CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I – CRIMES
CHAPTER 101 – RECORDS AND REPORTS
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CHAPTER 101 – RECORDS AND REPORTS
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Sec.
2071. Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally.
2072. False crop reports.
2073. False entries and reports of moneys or securities.
2074. False weather reports.
2075. Officer failing to make returns or reports.
2076. Clerk of United States District Court.
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18 USC Sec. 2071 01/03/2012 (112-90)
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TITLE 18 – CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I – CRIMES
CHAPTER 101 – RECORDS AND REPORTS
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Sec. 2071. Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally
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(a) Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes,
mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with
intent to do so takes and carries away any record, proceeding, map,
book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any
clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any
public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United
States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than
three years, or both.
(b) Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding,
map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and
unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or
destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned
not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office
and be disqualified from holding any office under the United
States. As used in this subsection, the term “office” does not
include the office held by any person as a retired officer of the
Armed Forces of the United States.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 795; Pub. L. 101-510, div. A,
title V, Sec. 552(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1566; Pub. L. 103-
322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(I), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat.
2147.)
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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Secs. 234, 235 (Mar. 4,
1909, ch. 321, Secs. 128, 129, 35 Stat. 1111, 1112).
Section consolidates sections 234 and 235 of title 18, U.S.C.,
1940 ed.
Reference in subsection (a) to intent to steal was omitted as
covered by section 641 of this title.
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
AMENDMENTS
1994 – Pub. L. 103-322 substituted “fined under this title” for
“fined not more than $2,000” in subsecs. (a) and (b).
1990 – Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-510 inserted at end “As used in
this subsection, the term ‘office’ does not include the office held
by any person as a retired officer of the Armed Forces of the
United States.”
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1990 AMENDMENT
Section 552(b) of Pub. L. 101-510 provided that: “The amendment
made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall be effective
as of January 1, 1989.”
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18 USC Sec. 2072 01/03/2012 (112-90)
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TITLE 18 – CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I – CRIMES
CHAPTER 101 – RECORDS AND REPORTS
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Sec. 2072. False crop reports
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Whoever, being an officer or employee of the United States or any
of its agencies, whose duties require the compilation or report of
statistics or information relating to the products of the soil,
knowingly compiles for issuance, or issues, any false statistics or
information as a report of the United States or any of its
agencies, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more
than five years, or both.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 795; Pub. L. 103-322, title
XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 215 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 124, 35 Stat. 1111).
Words “or any of its agencies” were inserted after “United
States” so as to eliminate any possible ambiguity as to scope of
section. (See definitive section 6 of this title.)
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
AMENDMENTS
1994 – Pub. L. 103-322 substituted “fined under this title” for
“fined not more than $5,000”.
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18 USC Sec. 2073 01/03/2012 (112-90)
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TITLE 18 – CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I – CRIMES
CHAPTER 101 – RECORDS AND REPORTS
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Sec. 2073. False entries and reports of moneys or securities
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Whoever, being an officer, clerk, agent, or other employee of the
United States or any of its agencies, charged with the duty of
keeping accounts or records of any kind, with intent to deceive,
mislead, injure, or defraud, makes in any such account or record
any false or fictitious entry or record of any matter relating to
or connected with his duties; or
Whoever, being an officer, clerk, agent, or other employee of the
United States or any of its agencies, charged with the duty of
receiving, holding, or paying over moneys or securities to, for, or
on behalf of the United States, or of receiving or holding in trust
for any person any moneys or securities, with like intent, makes a
false report of such moneys or securities –
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten
years, or both.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 795; Pub. L. 103-322, title
XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 189 (Mar. 4, 1911, ch.
270, 36 Stat. 1355).
Words “or any of its agencies” were inserted after “United
States” so as to eliminate any possible ambiguity as to scope of
section. (See definitive section 6 of this title.)
References to persons aiding and abetting were omitted. Such
persons are principals under section 2 of this title.
Minor verbal changes were made.
AMENDMENTS
1994 – Pub. L. 103-322 substituted “fined under this title” for
“fined not more than $5,000” in last par.
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18 USC Sec. 2074 01/03/2012 (112-90)
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TITLE 18 – CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I – CRIMES
CHAPTER 101 – RECORDS AND REPORTS
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Sec. 2074. False weather reports
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Whoever knowingly issues or publishes any counterfeit weather
forecast or warning of weather conditions falsely representing such
forecast or warning to have been issued or published by the Weather
Bureau, United States Signal Service, or other branch of the
Government service, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned
not more than ninety days, or both.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 795; Pub. L. 103-322, title
XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 117 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 61, 35 Stat. 1100).
Minor verbal changes were made.
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
The United States Signal Service, referred to in text, is now the
Signal Corps which is a branch of the Army, see section 3063 of
Title 10, Armed Forces.
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AMENDMENTS
1994 – Pub. L. 103-322 substituted “fined under this title” for
“fined not more than $500”.
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TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Weather Bureau of Department of Commerce consolidated with Coast
and Geodetic Survey to form a new agency in Department of Commerce
to be known as Environmental Science Services Administration by
Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79
Stat. 1318, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees. All functions of Bureau transferred to
Secretary of Commerce by the Plan.
Environmental Science Services Administration abolished by Reorg.
Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat.
2090, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization
and Employees, which created National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration in Department of Commerce. By Department
Organization Order 25-5A, republished 39 F.R. 27486, Secretary of
Commerce delegated to NOAA his functions relating to Weather
Bureau. By order of Acting Associate Administrator of NOAA, the
organization name of Weather Bureau was changed to National Weather
Service. For further details, see Codification note under section
311 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.
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18 USC Sec. 2075 01/03/2012 (112-90)
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TITLE 18 – CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I – CRIMES
CHAPTER 101 – RECORDS AND REPORTS
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Sec. 2075. Officer failing to make returns or reports
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Every officer who neglects or refuses to make any return or
report which he is required to make at stated times by any Act of
Congress or regulation of the Department of the Treasury, other
than his accounts, within the time prescribed by such Act or
regulation, shall be fined under this title.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 796; Pub. L. 107-273, div. B,
title IV, Sec. 4002(d)(1)(C)(ii), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1809.)
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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 188, (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 101, 35 Stat. 1107).
AMENDMENTS
2002 – Pub. L. 107-273 substituted “under this title” for “not
more than $1,000”.
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18 USC Sec. 2076 01/03/2012 (112-90)
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TITLE 18 – CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I – CRIMES
CHAPTER 101 – RECORDS AND REPORTS
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Sec. 2076. Clerk of United States District Court
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Whoever, being a clerk of a district court of the United States,
willfully refuses or neglects to make or forward any report,
certificate, statement, or document as required by law, shall be
fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or
both.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 796; Pub. L. 104-294, title VI,
Sec. 601(a)(11), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498.)
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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on section 522 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Judicial Code
and Judiciary (Feb. 22, 1875, ch. 95, Sec. 6, 18 Stat. 334).
The reference to the offense as a misdemeanor was omitted as
unnecessary in view of the definition of “misdemeanor” in section 1
of this title.
The last sentence providing that conviction should not be a
condition precedent to removal from office was omitted as
unnecessary.
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
AMENDMENTS
1996 – Pub. L. 104-294 substituted “fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than one year, or both” for “fined not more
than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year” before period at
end.
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