18 USC § 1967 - Evidence

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s1967"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "18 USC § 1967 - Evidence"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1967"
section_name: "Evidence"
chapter_number: 96
chapter_name: "RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS"
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: "(Added Pub. L. 91–452, title IX, § 901(a), Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 944.)"
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# § 1967. Evidence

In any proceeding ancillary to or in any civil action instituted by the United States under this chapter the proceedings may be open or closed to the public at the discretion of the court after consideration of the rights of affected persons.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 91–452, title IX, § 901(a), Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 944.)