2018 US Code
Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I - Crimes
Chapter 25 - Counterfeiting and Forgery
Sec. 472 - Uttering counterfeit obligations or securities
18 U.S.C. § 472 (2018) |
§472. Uttering counterfeit obligations or securities |
Whoever, with intent to defraud, passes, utters, publishes, or sells, or attempts to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or with like intent brings into the United States or keeps in possession or conceals any falsely made, forged, counterfeited, or altered obligation or other security of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. |
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 705; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 107–56, title III, §374(c), Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 340.) |
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §265 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §151, 35 Stat. 1116). Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative. Changes in phraseology were made. AMENDMENTS2001—Pub. L. 107–56 substituted "20 years" for "fifteen years". 1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $5,000". |
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Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 25 - COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY Sec. 472 - Uttering counterfeit obligations or securities |
section 472 |
2018 |
January 14, 2019 |
Yes |
standard |
35 Stat. 1116 62 Stat. 705 108 Stat. 2147 115 Stat. 340 |
Public Law 103-322, Public Law 107-56 |