18 U.S.C. § 1517
Obstructing examination of financial institution
United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 18 U.S.C. § 1517, Obstructing examination of financial institution, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/449253
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Whoever corruptly obstructs or attempts to obstruct any examination of a financial institution by an agency of the United States with jurisdiction to conduct an examination of such financial institution shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Crime Control Act of 1990House: 313–1Senate: no recorded tally