§ 2234.
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].)