§ 1421. — Accounts of court officers.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC1421]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 69--NATIONALITY AND CITIZENSHIP
Sec. 1421. Accounts of court officers
Whoever, being a clerk or assistant clerk of a court, or other
person charged by law with a duty to render true accounts of moneys
received in any proceeding relating to citizenship, naturalization, or
registration of aliens or to pay over any balance of such moneys due to
the United States, willfully neglects to do so within thirty days after
said payment shall become due and demand therefor has been made, shall
be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or
both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 766; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII,
Sec. 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on subsections (a)(34), (d) and (l) of section 746 of title 8,
U.S.C., 1940 ed., Aliens and Nationality (Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 876,
Sec. 346(a)(34), (d), (l), 54 Stat. 1167, 1168).
Minor changes in phraseology only were made.
Amendments
1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for
``fined not more than $5,000''.
