                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                   CHAPTER 109--SEARCHES AND SEIZURES
 
Sec. 2234. Authority exceeded in executing warrant

    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.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 803; Pub. L. 104-294, title VI, 
Sec. 601(a)(8), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 631 (June 15, 1917, ch. 
30, title XI, Sec. 21, 40 Stat. 230).
    Minor changes were made in phraseology.


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-294 substituted ``fined under this title'' for 
``fined not more than $1,000''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 14 of this title; title 21 
section 885.
