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[CITE: 18USC1021]

 
                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                 CHAPTER 47--FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS
 
Sec. 1021. Title records

    Whoever, being an officer or other person authorized by any law of 
the United States to record a conveyance of real property or any other 
instrument which by such law may be recorded, knowingly certifies 
falsely that such conveyance or instrument has or has not been recorded, 
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, 
or both.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 754; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, 
Sec. 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 194 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 
321, Sec. 105, 35 Stat. 1107).
    Words ``five years'' were substituted for ``seven years'' as more in 
conformity with comparable sections of this chapter.
    Minor change was made in phraseology.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for 
``fined not more than $1,000''.