Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73
§2384 Seditious conspiracy
Title 18 › Part PART I— - CRIMES › Chapter CHAPTER 115— - TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES › § 2384
Summary
If two or more people agree to use force to overthrow the U.S. government, wage war against it, fight its authority, stop a U.S. law from being carried out, or seize U.S. property, each person can be fined, jailed up to 20 years, or both.
Full Legal Text
Title 18, §2384
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If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 6 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 6, 35 Stat. 1089).
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $20,000”. 1956—Act July 24, 1956, substituted “$20,000” for “$5,000”, and “twenty years” for “six years”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1956 AmendmentAct July 24, 1956, ch. 678, § 3, 70 Stat. 624, provided that: “The foregoing
Amendments
[amending this section and section 2385 of this title] shall apply only with respect to offenses committed on and after the date of the enactment of this Act [July 24, 1956].”
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Citation
18 U.S.C. § 2384
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73