2015 US Code
Title 31 - Money and Finance (Sections 101 - 9705)
Subtitle IV - Money (Sections 5101 - 5367)
Chapter 51 - Coins and Currency (Sections 5101 - 5155)
Subchapter V - Miscellaneous (Sections 5151 - 5155)
Sec. 5153 - Counterfeit currency
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 31 - MONEY AND FINANCE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 31 - MONEY AND FINANCE SUBTITLE IV - MONEY CHAPTER 51 - COINS AND CURRENCY SUBCHAPTER V - MISCELLANEOUS Sec. 5153 - Counterfeit currency |
Contains | section 5153 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 992. |
Statutes at Large References | 19 Stat. 64 96 Stat. 992 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 97-258 |
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Disbursing officials of the United States Government and officers of national banks shall stamp or mark the word "counterfeit", "altered", or "worthless" on counterfeit notes intended to circulate as currency that are presented to them. An official or officer wrongfully stamping or marking an item of genuine United States currency (including a Federal reserve note or a circulating note of Federal reserve banks and national banks) shall redeem the currency at face value when presented.
(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 992.)
Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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5153 | 31:424. | June 30, 1876, ch. 156, §5, 19 Stat. 64. |
The words "Disbursing officials" are substituted for "officers charged with the receipt or disbursement of public moneys" for consistency in the revised title and other titles of the United States Code. The word "mark" is substituted for "write in plain letters" to eliminate unnecessary words. The words "counterfeit notes intended to circulate as currency" are substituted for "all fraudulent notes issued in the form of, and intended to circulate as money" for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the Code. The last sentence is substituted for the words following the semicolon in 31:424 for clarity and to reflect the legislative history of the derivative source. See 4 Cong. Rec. 2225–2228, 3148. In that sentence, the words "United States currency (including a Federal reserve note or a circulating note of Federal reserve banks and national banks)" are substituted for "any genuine note of the United States, or of the national banks" for consistency with section 5103 of the revised title.
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