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50 U.S.C. § 1809

Criminal sanctions

United States · Title 50 — WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE · Status: effective

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50 U.S.C. § 1809, Criminal sanctions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/491960
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A person is guilty of an offense if he— It is a defense to a prosecution under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) that the defendant was a law enforcement or investigative officer engaged in the course of his official duties and the electronic surveillance was authorized by and conducted pursuant to a search warrant or court order of a court of competent jurisdiction. A person guilty of an offense in this section shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both. There is Federal jurisdiction over an offense under this section if the person committing the offense was an officer or employee of the United States at the time the offense was committed.

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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.