18 U.S.C. § 2234

Authority exceeded in executing warrant

Whoever, in executing a search warrant, willfully exceeds his authority or exercises it with unnecessary severity, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

( June 25, 1948, ch. 645 , 62 Stat. 803 ; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 601(a)(8) , Oct. 11, 1996 , 110 Stat. 3498 ; Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title III, § 3002(a)(3) , Nov. 2, 2002 , 116 Stat. 1805 .)