18 USC § 896 - Effect on State laws

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s896"
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title: "18 USC § 896 - Effect on State laws"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "896"
section_name: "Effect on State laws"
chapter_number: 42
chapter_name: "EXTORTIONATE CREDIT TRANSACTIONS"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "CRIMES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 90–321, title II, § 202(a), May 29, 1968, 82 Stat. 162.)"
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# § 896. Effect on State laws

This chapter does not preempt any field of law with respect to which State legislation would be permissible in the absence of this chapter. No law of any State which would be valid in the absence of this chapter may be held invalid or inapplicable by virtue of the existence of this chapter, and no officer, agency, or instrumentality of any State may be deprived by virtue of this chapter of any jurisdiction over any offense over which it would have jurisdiction in the absence of this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 90–321, title II, § 202(a), May 29, 1968, 82 Stat. 162.)