Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

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now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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legal/us/code/title-18/chapter-73/section-1509.md

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+---
+type: "LegalText"
+title: "18 U.S.C. § 1509"
+description: "Obstruction of court orders"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 18
+title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
+chapter_number: "73"
+chapter_name: "OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE"
+section: "1509"
+citation: "18 U.S.C. § 1509"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc18@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s1509"
+source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-18/usc18.xml"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 18 U.S.C. § 1509 - Obstruction of court orders
+
+## Text
+
+Whoever, by threats or force, willfully prevents, obstructs, impedes, or interferes with, or willfully attempts to prevent, obstruct, impede, or interfere with, the due exercise of rights or the performance of duties under any order, judgment, or decree of a court of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. No injunctive or other civil relief against the conduct made criminal by this section shall be denied on the ground that such conduct is a crime.
+
+(Added Pub. L. 86–449, title I, § 101, May 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 86; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000” in first par.