[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC3662]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 232--MISCELLANEOUS SENTENCING PROVISIONS
Sec. 3662. Conviction records
(a) The Attorney General of the United States is authorized to
establish in the Department of Justice a repository for records of
convictions and determinations of the validity of such convictions.
(b) Upon the conviction thereafter of a defendant in a court of the
United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, a territory or possession of the United States, any political
subdivision, or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof for
an offense punishable in such court by death or imprisonment in excess
of one year, or a judicial determination of the validity of such
conviction on collateral review, the court shall cause a certified
record of the conviction or determination to be made to the repository
in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General of
the United States shall by regulation prescribe.
(c) Records maintained in the repository shall not be public
records. Certified copies thereof--
(1) may be furnished for law enforcement purposes on request of
a court or law enforcement or corrections officer of the United
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a
territory or possession of the United States, any political
subdivision, or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof;
(2) may be furnished for law enforcement purposes on request of
a court or law enforcement o
