---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 603.350"
title: "12"
number: "603.350"
heading: "Criminal penalties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/603.350"
---

# §603.350. Criminal penalties.


Section 552a (i)(3) of the Privacy Act ([5 U.S.C. 552a(i)(3)](/usc/5/552a.md?p=i-3)) makes it a misdemeanor, subject to a maximum fine of $5,000, to knowingly and willfully request or obtain any record concerning any individual from an agency under false pretenses. [Sections 552a (i)](/cfr/12/552a.md?p=i) (1) and (2) of the Act ([5 U.S.C. 552a (i)](/usc/5/552a.md?p=i) (1), (2)) provide penalties for violation by agency employees of the Act or regulations established thereunder.


## Notes

### Amendments

[40 FR 40454, Sept. 2, 1975, as amended at 71 FR 54900, Sept. 20, 2006]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 5.9, 5.17 of the Farm Credit Act (12 U.S.C. 2243, 2252); 5 U.S.C. app. 3, 5 U.S.C. 552a (j)(2) and (k)(2).

### Source

Source: 40 FR 40454, Sept. 2, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[40 FR 40454, Sept. 2, 1975, as amended at 71 FR 54900, Sept. 20, 2006]