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§30307 Criminal penalties

Title 49 › Subtitle SUBTITLE VI— - MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS › Part PART A— - GENERAL › Chapter CHAPTER 303— - NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER › § 30307

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Sharing the information named in section 30304(b)(1)(A) or (C) that you got under section 30305 is a crime if the disclosure is not allowed and you knew it was not allowed. This does not apply to people described in section 30305(b)(6). Asking for that information or getting it by lying or other false pretenses is also a crime. A person convicted can be fined under Title 18, imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

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Title 49, §30307

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(a)A person (except an individual described in section 30305(b)(6) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title) shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than one year, or both, if—
(1)the person receives under section 30305 of this title information specified in section 30304(b)(1)(A) or (C) of this title;
(2)disclosure of the information is not authorized by section 30305 of this title; and
(3)the person willfully discloses the information knowing that disclosure is not authorized.
(b)A person knowingly and willfully requesting, or under false pretenses obtaining, information specified in section 30304(b)(1)(A) or (C) of this title from a person receiving the information under section 30305 of this title shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

Legislative History

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3030723:401 (note).Oct. 25, 1982, Pub. L. 97–364, § 208, 96 Stat. 1746; Dec. 30, 1987, Pub. L. 100–223, § 305(b)(1), 101 Stat. 1526. In this section, the words “fined under title 18” are substituted for “fined not more than $10,000” for consistency with title 18. In subsection (a), before clause (1), the reference to “section 30305(b)(6) of this title” is used to carry out the probable intent of Congress. section 305(b)(1) of the Airport and Airway Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987 (Public Law 100–223, 101 Stat. 1526) amended section 206(b) of the National Driver Register Act of 1982 (Public Law 97–364, 96 Stat. 1744) by “redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4), and any reference thereto, as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively”. Because the reference to “section 206(b)(4)” in section 208 of the National Driver Register Act of 1982 appears to have been incorrect before that amendment, and would continue to be incorrect if the reference is redesignated as required by the amendment, a reference to section 30305(b)(6) is used in this section to carry out the probable intent of Congress.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 30305(b) of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was amended by Pub. L. 105–178, title II, § 2006(b)(2)(A), (B), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 336, which added a new par. (6) and redesignated former par. (6) as (10).

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Citation

49 U.S.C. § 30307

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Apr 6, 2026

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