{"identifier":"/us/usc/t26/s7213A","title":26,"num":"\u00a7\u202f7213A.","heading":"Unauthorized inspection of returns or return information","text":"\u00a7\u202f7213A.\nUnauthorized inspection of returns or return information\n(a)\nProhibitions\n(1)\nFederal employees and other persons\nIt shall be unlawful for\u2014\n(A) any officer or employee of the United States, or\n(B) any person described in subsection (\nl\nwillfully to inspect, except as authorized in this title, any return or return information.\n(2)\nState and other employees\nIt shall be unlawful for any person (not described in paragraph (1)) willfully to inspect, except as authorized in this title, any return or return information acquired by such person or another person under a provision of section 6103 referred to in section 7213(a)(2) or under section 6104(c).\n(b)\nPenalty\n(1)\nIn general\nAny violation of subsection (a) shall be punishable upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $1,000, or imprisonment of not more than 1 year, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.\n(2)\nFederal officers or employees\nAn officer or employee of the United States who is convicted of any violation of subsection (a) shall, in addition to any other punishment, be dismissed from office or discharged from employment.\n(c)\nDefinitions\nFor purposes of this section, the terms \u201cinspect\u201d, \u201creturn\u201d, and \u201creturn information\u201d have the respective meanings given such terms by section 6103(b).","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t26/s7213A.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t26/s7213A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f7213A."},{"t":"heading","text":"Unauthorized inspection of returns or return information"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t26/s7213A/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Prohibitions"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t26/s7213A/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Federal employees and other persons"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"It shall be unlawful for\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t26/s7213A/a/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" any officer or employee of the United States, or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t26/s7213A/a/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" any person described in subsection (","children":[{"t":"text","text":"l","tail":")(18) or (n) of section 6103 or an officer or employee of any such person,"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n\n"},{"t":"continuation","text":"willfully to inspect, except as authorized in this title, any return or return information.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t26/s7213A/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"State and other employees"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"It shall be unlawful for any person (not described in paragraph (1)) willfully to inspect, except as authorized in this title, any return or return information acquired by such person or another person under a provision of section 6103 referred to in section 7213(a)(2) or under section 6104(c).","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t26/s7213A/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Penalty"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t26/s7213A/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In general"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Any violation of subsection (a) shall be punishable upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $1,000, or imprisonment of not more than 1 year, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t26/s7213A/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Federal officers or employees"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"An officer or employee of the United States who is convicted of any violation of subsection (a) shall, in addition to any other punishment, be dismissed from office or discharged from employment.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t26/s7213A/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"For purposes of this section, the terms \u201cinspect\u201d, \u201creturn\u201d, and \u201creturn information\u201d have the respective meanings given such terms by section 6103(b).","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}