18 USC § 2076 - Clerk of United States District Court

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s2076"
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title: "18 USC § 2076 - Clerk of United States District Court"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "2076"
section_name: "Clerk of United States District Court"
chapter_number: 101
chapter_name: "RECORDS AND REPORTS"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "CRIMES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 796; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 601(a)(11), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498.)"
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# § 2076. Clerk of United States District Court

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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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 796; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 601(a)(11), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on , U.S.C., 1940 ed., Judicial Code and Judiciary (, ).

The reference to the offense as a misdemeanor was omitted as unnecessary in view of the definition of “misdemeanor” in .

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.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1996— 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.