25 CFR § 11.448 - Abuse of office.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s11.448"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 11.448 - Abuse of office."
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "11.448"
section_name: "Abuse of office."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "LAW AND ORDER"
part_number: "11"
part_name: "COURTS OF INDIAN OFFENSES AND LAW AND ORDER CODE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; R.S. 463, 25 U.S.C. 2; R.S. 465, 25 U.S.C. 9; 42 Stat. 208, 25 U.S.C. 13; 38 Stat. 586, 25 U.S.C. 200."
regulatory_source: "58 FR 54411, Oct. 21, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "11"
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# 11.448 Abuse of office.
A person acting or purporting to act in an official capacity or taking advantage of such actual or purported capacity commits a misdemeanor if, knowing that his or her conduct is illegal, he or she:
(a) Subjects another to arrest, detention, search, seizure, mistreatment, dispossession, assessment, lien or other infringement of personal or property rights; or
(b) Denies or impedes another in the exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege, power or immunity.