Regulations last checked for updates: May 01, 2024

Title 24 - Housing and Urban Development last revised: Apr 23, 2024
§ 16.13 - Penalties.

(a) The Act provides, in pertinent part:

Any person who knowingly and willfully requests or obtains any record concerning an individual from an agency under false pretences shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than $5,000. (5 U.S.C. 552a(i)(3))

(b) A person who falsely or fraudulently attempts to obtain records under the Act may also be subject to prosecution under such other criminal statutes as 18 U.S.C. 494,495.

authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 42 U.S.C. 3535(d)
source: 40 FR 39729, Aug. 28, 1975, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 24 CFR 16.13