                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                   CHAPTER 109--SEARCHES AND SEIZURES
 
Sec. 2235. Search warrant procured maliciously

    Whoever maliciously and without probable cause procures a search 
warrant to be issued and executed, 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. 630 (June 15, 1917, ch. 
30, title XI, Sec. 20, 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.
