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52 U.S.C. § 20703 — Demand for records or papers by Attorney General or representative; statement of basis and purpose
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Any record or paper required by [section 20701 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title52-section20701&num=0&edition=prelim) to be retained and preserved shall, upon demand in writing by the Attorney General or his representative directed to the person having custody, possession, or control of such record or paper, be made available for inspection, reproduction, and copying at the principal office of such custodian by the Attorney General or his representative. This demand shall contain a statement of the basis and the purpose therefor.
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Any record or paper required by [section 20701 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title52-section20701&num=0&edition=prelim) to be retained and preserved shall, upon demand in writing by the Attorney General or his representative directed to the person having custody, possession, or control of such record or paper, be made available for inspection, reproduction, and copying at the principal office of such custodian by the Attorney General or his representative. This demand shall contain a statement of the basis and the purpose therefor.
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Every officer of election shall retain and preserve, for a period of twenty-two months from the date of any general, special, or primary election of which candidates for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, or Resident Commissioner from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are voted for, all records and papers which come into his possession relating to any application, registration, payment of poll tax, or other act requisite to voting in such election, except that, when required by law, such records and papers may be delivered to another officer of election and except that, if a State or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico designates a custodian to retain and preserve these records and papers at a specified place, then such records and papers may be deposited with such custodian, and the duty to retain and preserve any record or paper so deposited shall devolve upon such custodian. Any officer of election or custodian who willfully fails to comply with this section shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
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### Statutory Notes
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Section 1974b was editorially reclassified as [section 20703 of Title 52](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title52-section20703&num=0&edition=prelim), Voting and Elections.
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The United States district court for the district in which a demand is made pursuant to [section 20703 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title52-section20703&num=0&edition=prelim), or in which a record or paper so demanded is located, shall have jurisdiction by appropriate process to compel the production of such record or paper.
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TITLE 52—VOTING AND ELECTIONS
§ 20703
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 1974a of
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi-
torial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
§ 20703. Demand for records or papers by Attor-
ney General or representative; statement of
basis and purpose
Any record or paper required by section 20701
of this title to be retained and preserved shall,
upon demand in writing by the Attorney Gen-
eral or his representative directed to the person
having custody, possession, or control of such
record or paper, be made available for inspec-
tion, reproduction, and copying at the principal
office of such custodian by the Attorney General
or his representative. This demand shall contain
a statement of the basis and the purpose there-
for.
(Pub. L. 86–449, title III, § 303, May 6, 1960, 74
Stat. 88.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 1974b of
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi-
torial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
§ 20704. Disclosure of records or papers
Unless otherwise ordered by a court of the
United States, neither the Attorney General nor
any employee of the Department of Justice, nor
any other representative of the Attorney Gen-
eral, shall disclose any record or paper produced
pursuant to this chapter, or any reproduction or
copy, except to Congress and any committee
thereof, governmental agencies, and in the pres-
entation of any case or proceeding before any
court or grand jury.
(Pub. L. 86–449, title III, § 304, May 6, 1960, 74
Stat. 88.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 1974c of
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi-
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