18 U.S.C. § 1622
Section 1622 · Subornation of perjury
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 105 court decisions — leading case United States v. Singleton (1999)
Most recently applied in United States v. Evans Santos Diaz (April 2023)
Cases citing this section usually also cite 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 1503 · 18 U.S.C. § 1623
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Whoever procures another to commit any perjury is guilty of subornation of perjury, and shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §232 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §126, 35 Stat. 1111).
The punishment prescribed in section 1621 of this title was substituted for the reference thereto.
Minor change was made in phraseology.
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $2,000”.
Canal Zone
Applicability of section to Canal Zone, see section 14 of this title.
Cross References
Federal retirement benefits, forfeiture upon conviction of offenses described under this section committed in connection with certain national security offenses, see section 8312 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.