Title 18, Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-102
§2076 Clerk of United States District Court
Title 18 › PART I — CRIMES › CHAPTER 101 — RECORDS AND REPORTS › § 2076
Summary
Clerks who willfully fail to make or send required court papers may be fined and/or jailed one year.
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Title 18, §2076
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Whoever, being a clerk of a district court of the United States, willfully refuses or neglects to make or forward any report, certificate, statement, or document as required by law, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Based on section 522 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Judicial Code and Judiciary (Feb. 22, 1875, ch. 95, § 6, 18 Stat. 334). The reference to the offense as a misdemeanor was omitted as unnecessary in view of the definition of “misdemeanor” in section 1 of this title. The last sentence providing that conviction should not be a condition precedent to removal from office was omitted as unnecessary. Minor changes were made in phraseology.
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Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–294 substituted “fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both” for “fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year” before period at end.
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18 U.S.C. § 2076
Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102