Title 18 and Title 42 USC Quick Reference Guide

These are United States Codes (USC) as per Cornell University Law School with the links to the actual WebPages.
Please note these are updated from time to time and so you may want to visit the actual website to verify their accuracy.
TITLE 18 USC
18 USC § 3 - ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT
TITLE 18: 3 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3
Whoever, knowing that an offense against the United States has been committed, receives, relieves, comforts or assists
the offender in order to hinder or prevent his apprehension, trial or punishment, is an accessory after the fact.
Except as otherwise expressly provided by any Act of Congress, an accessory after the fact shall be imprisoned not
more than one-half the maximum term of imprisonment or (notwithstanding section 3571) fined not more than one-half
the maximum fine prescribed for the punishment of the principal, or both; or if the principal is punishable by life
imprisonment or death, the accessory shall be imprisoned not more than 15 years.

18 USC § 4 - MISPRISION OF FELONY

TITLE 18: 4 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/4
Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony cognizable by a court of the United States, conceals
and does not as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other person in civil or military authority under
the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

18 USC § 241 - CONSPIRACY AGAINST RIGHTS

TITLE 18: 241 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/241
If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory,
Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the
Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same; or
If two or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his
free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured—
They shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts
committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse
or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, they shall be fined under this title or imprisoned
for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.

18 USC § 242 - DEPRIVATION OF RIGHTS UNDER COLOR OF LAW

TITLE 18: 242 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/242
Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State,
Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or
protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of
such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be
fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in
violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon,
explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from
the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated
sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or
imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.
18 USC § 1001 - STATEMENTS OR ENTRIES GENERALLY
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TITLE 18: 1001 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1001
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive,
legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States, knowingly and willfully—
(1) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact;
(2) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation; or
(3) makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious, or
fraudulent statement or entry;
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years or, if the offense involves international or domestic
terrorism (as defined in section 2331),), imprisoned not more than 8 years, or both. If the matter relates to an offense
under chapter 109A, 109B, 110, or 117, or section 1591, then the term of imprisonment imposed under this section shall
be not more than 8 years.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a party to a judicial proceeding, or that party’s counsel, for statements,
representations, writings or documents submitted by such party or counsel to a judge or magistrate in that proceeding.
(c) With respect to any matter within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch, subsection (a) shall apply only to—
(1) administrative matters, including a claim for payment, a matter related to the procurement of property or services,
personnel or employment practices, or support services, or a document required by law, rule, or regulation to be
submitted to the Congress or any office or officer within the legislative branch; or
(2) any investigation or review, conducted pursuant to the authority of any committee, subcommittee, commission or
office of the Congress, consistent with applicable rules of the House or Senate.

18 USC § 1581 - PEONAGE; OBSTRUCTING ENFORCEMENT

TITLE 18: 1581 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1581
(a) Whoever holds or returns any person to a condition of peonage, or arrests any person with the intent of placing him
in or returning him to a condition of peonage, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
If death results from the violation of this section, or if the violation includes kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap,
aggravated sexual abuse or the attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, the defendant shall be
fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or life, or both.
(b) Whoever obstructs, or attempts to obstruct, or in any way interferes with or prevents the enforcement of this section,
shall be liable to the penalties prescribed in subsection (a).

18 USC § 1621 - PERJURY GENERALLY

TITLE 18: 1621 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1621
Whoever—
(1) having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States
authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony,
declaration, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed, is true, willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes
any material matter which he does not believe to be true; or
(2) in any declaration, certificate, verification, or statement under penalty of perjury as permitted under section 1746 of
title 28, United States Code, willfully subscribes as true any material matter which he does not believe to be true; is guilty
of perjury and shall, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than
five years, or both. This section is applicable whether the statement or subscription is made within or without the United
States.
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18 USC § 1622 - SUBORNATION OF PERJURY
TITLE 18: 1622 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1622
Whoever procures another to commit any perjury is guilty of subornation of perjury, and shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

18 USC § 3571 - SENTENCE OF FINE

TITLE 18: 3571 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3571
(a) In General.— A defendant who has been found guilty of an offense may be sentenced to pay a fine.
(b) Fines for Individuals.— Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, an individual who has been found guilty
of an offense may be fined not more than the greatest of—
(1)the amount specified in the law setting forth the offense;
(2)the applicable amount under subsection (d) of this section;
(3)for a felony, not more than $250,000;
(4)for a misdemeanor resulting in death, not more than $250,000;
(5)for a Class A misdemeanor that does not result in death, not more than $100,000;
(6)for a Class B or C misdemeanor that does not result in death, not more than $5,000; or
(7)for an infraction, not more than $5,000.
(c) Fines for Organizations.— Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, an organization that has been found
guilty of an offense may be fined not more than the greatest of—
(1)the amount specified in the law setting forth the offense;
(2)the applicable amount under subsection (d) of this section;
(3)for a felony, not more than $500,000;
(4)for a misdemeanor resulting in death, not more than $500,000;
(5)for a Class A misdemeanor that does not result in death, not more than $200,000;
(6)for a Class B or C misdemeanor that does not result in death, not more than $10,000; and
(7)for an infraction, not more than $10,000.
(d) Alternative Fine Based on Gain or Loss.— If any person derives pecuniary gain from the offense, or if the offense
results in pecuniary loss to a person other than the defendant, the defendant may be fined not more than the greater of
twice the gross gain or twice the gross loss, unless imposition of a fine under this subsection would unduly complicate or
prolong the sentencing process.
(e) Special Rule for Lower Fine Specified in Substantive Provision.— If a law setting forth an offense specifies no
fine or a fine that is lower than the fine otherwise applicable under this section and such law, by specific reference,
exempts the offense from the applicability of the fine otherwise applicable under this section, the defendant may not be
fined more than the amount specified in the law setting forth the offense.

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TITLE 42 USC
42 USC § 1983 - CIVIL ACTION FOR DEPRIVATION OF RIGHTS
TITLE 42: 1983 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/1983
Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the
District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the
jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall
be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except that in any
action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer’s judicial capacity, injunctive relief
shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable. For the purposes of
this section, any Act of Congress applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia shall be considered to be a statute of
the District of Columbia.

42 USC § 1985 - CONSPIRACY TO INTERFERE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS

TITLE 42: 1985 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/1985
(1) Preventing officer from performing duties
If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire to prevent, by force, intimidation, or threat, any person from
accepting or holding any office, trust, or place of confidence under the United States, or from discharging any duties
thereof; or to induce by like means any officer of the United States to leave any State, district, or place, where his duties
as an officer are required to be performed, or to injure him in his person or property on account of his lawful discharge of
the duties of his office, or while engaged in the lawful discharge thereof, or to injure his property so as to molest,
interrupt, hinder, or impede him in the discharge of his official duties;
(2) Obstructing justice; intimidating party, witness, or juror
If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire to deter, by force, intimidation, or threat, any party or witness in
any court of the United States from attending such court, or from testifying to any matter pending therein, freely, fully,
and truthfully, or to injure such party or witness in his person or property on account of his having so attended or
testified, or to influence the verdict, presentment, or indictment of any grand or petit juror in any such court, or to injure
such juror in his person or property on account of any verdict, presentment, or indictment lawfully assented to by him, or
of his being or having been such juror; or if two or more persons conspire for the purpose of impeding, hindering,
obstructing, or defeating, in any manner, the due course of justice in any State or Territory, with intent to deny to any
citizen the equal protection of the laws, or to injure him or his property for lawfully enforcing, or attempting to enforce, the
right of any person, or class of persons, to the equal protection of the laws;
(3) Depriving persons of rights or privileges
If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire or go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another,
for the purpose of depriving, either directly or indirectly, any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the
laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws; or for the purpose of preventing or hindering the constituted
authorities of any State or Territory from giving or securing to all persons within such State or Territory the equal
protection of the laws; or if two or more persons conspire to prevent by force, intimidation, or threat, any citizen who is
lawfully entitled to vote, from giving his support or advocacy in a legal manner, toward or in favor of the election of any
lawfully qualified person as an elector for President or Vice President, or as a Member of Congress of the United States;
or to injure any citizen in person or property on account of such support or advocacy; in any case of conspiracy set forth
in this section, if one or more persons engaged therein do, or cause to be done, any act in furtherance of the object of
such conspiracy, whereby another is injured in his person or property, or deprived of having and exercising any right or
privilege of a citizen of the United States, the party so injured or deprived may have an action for the recovery of
damages occasioned by such injury or deprivation, against any one or more of the conspirators.
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42 USC § 1986 - ACTION FOR NEGLECT TO PREVENT
TITLE 42: 1986 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/1986
Every person who, having knowledge that any of the wrongs conspired to be done, and mentioned in section 1985 of
this title, are about to be committed, and having power to prevent or aid in preventing the commission of the same,
neglects or refuses so to do, if such wrongful act be committed, shall be liable to the party injured, or his legal
representatives, for all damages caused by such wrongful act, which such person by reasonable diligence could have
prevented; and such damages may be recovered in an action on the case; and any number of persons guilty of such
wrongful neglect or refusal may be joined as defendants in the action; and if the death of any party be caused by any
such wrongful act and neglect, the legal representatives of the deceased shall have such action therefor, and may
recover not exceeding $5,000 damages therein, for the benefit of the widow of the deceased, if there be one, and if there
be no widow, then for the benefit of the next of kin of the deceased. But no action under the provisions of this section
shall be sustained which is not commenced within one year after the cause of action has accrued.

42 USC § 1989 - UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGES; APPOINTMENT OF PERSONS TO EXECUTE

WARRANTS [posse comitatus]
TITLE 42: 1989 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/1989
The district courts of the United States and the district courts of the Territories, from time to time, shall increase the
number of United States magistrate judges, so as to afford a speedy and convenient means for the arrest and
examination of persons charged with the crimes referred to in section 1987 of this title; and such magistrate judges are
authorized and required to exercise all the powers and duties conferred on them herein with regard to such offenses in
like manner as they are authorized by law to exercise with regard to other offenses against the laws of the United States.
Said magistrate judges are empowered, within their respective counties, to appoint, in writing, under their hands, one or
more suitable persons, from time to time, who shall execute all such warrants or other process as the magistrate judges
may issue in the lawful performance of their duties, and the persons so appointed shall have authority to summon and
call to their aid the bystanders or posse comitatus of the proper county, or such portion of the land or naval forces of the
United States, or of the militia, as may be necessary to the performance of the duty with which they are charged; and
such warrants shall run and be executed anywhere in the State or Territory within which they are issued.

42 USC § 1994 - PEONAGE ABOLISHED

TITLE 42: 1994 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/1994
The holding of any person to service or labor under the system known as peonage is abolished and forever prohibited in
any Territory or State of the United States; and all acts, laws, resolutions, orders, regulations, or usages of any Territory
or State, which have heretofore established, maintained, or enforced, or by virtue of which any attempt shall hereafter be
made to establish, maintain, or enforce, directly or indirectly, the voluntary or involuntary service or labor of any persons
as peons, in liquidation of any debt or obligation, or otherwise, are declared null and void.

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