18 U.S.C. § 2722
Section 2722 · Additional unlawful acts
This is § 300002 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 48 court decisions — leading case Pichler v. UNITE (2008)
Most recently applied in Allen v. Vertafore (March 2022)
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(a) Procurement for Unlawful Purpose.—It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to obtain or disclose personal information, from a motor vehicle record, for any use not permitted under section 2721(b) of this title.
(b) False Representation.—It shall be unlawful for any person to make false representation to obtain any personal information from an individual's motor vehicle record.