Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73not60
§213 Acceptance of Loan or Gratuity by Financial Institution Examiner
Title 18 › Part I— CRIMES › Chapter 11— BRIBERY, GRAFT, AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST › § 213
Summary
An examiner or assistant examiner who takes a loan or a gift from a financial institution or someone connected to it can be fined, jailed up to 1 year, may be fined again for the amount received, and is disqualified from serving as an examiner. The terms used have the meanings given in section 212.
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Title 18, §213
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(a)Whoever, being an examiner or assistant examiner, accepts a loan or gratuity from any bank, branch, agency, organization, corporation, association, or institution examined by the examiner or from any person connected with it, shall—
(1)be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both;
(2)may be fined a further sum equal to the money so loaned or gratuity given; and
(3)shall be disqualified from holding office as an examiner.
(b)In this section, the terms “examiner”, “Federal financial institution regulatory agency”, “financial institution”, and “loan” have the same meanings as in section 212.
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Prior Provisions
A prior section 213, acts
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 695, § 213, formerly § 218; Pub. L. 85–699, title VII, § 701(b), Aug. 21, 1958, 72 Stat. 698; renumbered § 213, Pub. L. 87–849, § 1(d), Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1125; Pub. L. 101–73, title IX, § 962(a)(2), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 502; Pub. L. 101–647, title XXV, § 2597(c), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4909; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §§ 330004(2), 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2141, 2147, related to acceptance of loan or gratuity by bank examiner, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 108–198, § 2(a), Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2899. Another prior section 213, act
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 693, related to the acceptance or demand of a bribe by a customs officer or employee, prior to the general amendment to this chapter by Pub. L. 87–849 and is substantially covered by revised section 201.
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18 U.S.C. § 213
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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