Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§1990 Marshal to Obey Precepts; Refusing to Receive or Execute Process
Title 42 › CHAPTER 21 — CIVIL RIGHTS › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERALLY › § 1990
Summary
Marshals and deputy marshals must accept and carry out any warrant or legal order given to them under the law. If they refuse or fail to try hard to carry it out, they can be fined $1,000 that goes to the person harmed.
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Title 42, §1990
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Every marshal and deputy marshal shall obey and execute all warrants or other process, when directed to him, issued under the provisions of section 1989 of this title. Every marshal and deputy marshal who refuses to receive any warrant or other process when tendered to him, issued in pursuance of the provisions of this section, or refuses or neglects to use all proper means diligently to execute the same, shall be liable to a fine in the sum of $1,000, for the benefit of the party aggrieved thereby.
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Codification R.S. § 1985 derived from acts Apr. 9, 1866, ch. 31, § 5, 14 Stat. 28;
May 31, 1870, ch. 114, § 10, 16 Stat. 142. R.S. § 5517 derived from act
May 31, 1870, ch. 114, § 10, 16 Stat. 142. Section was formerly classified to section 51 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.
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42 U.S.C. § 1990
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102