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[CITE: 15USC1681q]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
                 CHAPTER 41--CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION
 
                SUBCHAPTER III--CREDIT REPORTING AGENCIES
 
Sec. 1681q. Obtaining information under false pretenses

    Any person who knowingly and willfully obtains information on a 
consumer from a consumer reporting agency under false pretenses shall be 
fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both.

(Pub. L. 90-321, title VI, Sec. 619, as added Pub. L. 91-508, title VI, 
Sec. 601, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1134; amended Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, 
title II, Sec. 2415(a), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-450.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-208 substituted ``fined under title 18, imprisoned 
for not more than 2 years, or both'' for ``fined not more than $5,000 or 
imprisoned not more than one year, or both''.


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-208 effective 365 days after Sept. 30, 
1996, with special rule for early compliance, see section 2420 of Pub. 
L. 104-208, set out as a note under section 1681a of this title.
