18 USC § 2723 - Penalties

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s2723"
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title: "18 USC § 2723 - Penalties"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "2723"
section_name: "Penalties"
chapter_number: 123
chapter_name: "PROHIBITION ON RELEASE AND USE OF CERTAIN PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM STATE MOTOR VEHICLE RECORDS"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "CRIMES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 103–322, title XXX, § 300002(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2101.)"
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# § 2723. Penalties

**(a)** **Criminal Fine.—** A person who knowingly violates this chapter shall be fined under this title.

**(b)** **Violations by State Department of Motor Vehicles.—** Any State department of motor vehicles that has a policy or practice of substantial noncompliance with this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty imposed by the Attorney General of not more than $5,000 a day for each day of substantial noncompliance.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 103–322, title XXX, § 300002(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2101.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on the date that is 3 years after , with provisions relating to release of personal information before the effective date and compliance after such date, see , set out as a note under .