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Title 18, Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-110

§213 Acceptance of Loan or Gratuity by Financial Institution Examiner

Title 18 › PART I — CRIMES › CHAPTER 11 — BRIBERY, GRAFT, AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST › § 213

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

An examiner or assistant examiner must not accept a loan or a gift from any financial institution they inspect or from anyone connected to it. If they do, they can be fined under this title, jailed for up to 1 year, or both; they may also have to pay an extra fine equal to the loan or gift, and they will be barred from serving as an examiner. The words examiner, Federal financial institution regulatory agency, financial institution, and loan mean the same as in section 212.

Full Legal Text

Title 18, §213

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(a)In General.—
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)Definitions.—
In this section, the terms “examiner”, “Federal financial institution regulatory agency”, “financial institution”, and “loan” have the same meanings as in section 212.

Legislative History

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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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Citation

18 U.S.C. § 213

Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110