18 U.S.C. § 1021 — Title records
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 62 words · no verdicts yet
A person authorized to record property documents commits an offense by knowingly falsely certifying that a document was or was not recorded.
A person authorized by United States law to record a real-property conveyance or other legally recordable instrument commits an offense by knowingly certifying falsely that it was or was not recorded. The person may be fined under this title, imprisoned up to five years, or both.
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.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 754; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 754
- 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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