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18 U.S.C. § 1017 — Government seals wrongfully used and instruments wrongfully sealed

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 85 words · no verdicts yet

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This section punishes unauthorized or knowingly false use of a United States department or agency seal.

Whoever fraudulently or wrongfully affixes or impresses a United States department’s or agency’s seal on a certificate, instrument, commission, document, or paper, or who knows of the fraudulent seal and fraudulently or wrongfully uses, buys, obtains, sells, or transfers that item, may be fined, imprisoned for up to 5 years, or both.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Whoever fraudulently or wrongfully affixes or impresses the seal of any department or agency of the United States, to or upon any certificate, instrument, commission, document, or paper or with knowledge of its fraudulent character, with wrongful or fraudulent intent, uses, buys, procures, sells, or transfers to another any such certificate, instrument, commission, document, or paper, to which or upon which said seal has been so fraudulently affixed or impressed, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 753; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 753
  • 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.

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