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18 U.S.C. § 1202 — Ransom money

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 166 words · no verdicts yet

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This section criminalizes knowingly receiving, possessing, or disposing of ransom money or property connected to a kidnapping, and handling kidnapping proceeds across national or state boundaries.

(a) A person who knowingly receives, possesses, or disposes of money or other property, or part of it, previously delivered as ransom or reward for violating section 1201 may be fined, imprisoned for up to 10 years, or both. (b) A person who transports, transmits, or transfers through interstate or foreign commerce proceeds of a kidnapping punishable under State law by more than one year in prison, or who knowingly receives, possesses, hides, or disposes of those proceeds after they cross a State or United States boundary, may be imprisoned for up to 10 years, fined, or both. (c) “State” has the meaning in section 245(d).
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(a)

Whoever receives, possesses, or disposes of any money or other property, or any portion thereof, which has at any time been delivered as ransom or reward in connection with a violation of section 1201 of this title, knowing the same to be money or property which has been at any time delivered as such ransom or reward, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.

(b)

A person who transports, transmits, or transfers in interstate or foreign commerce any proceeds of a kidnapping punishable under State law by imprisonment for more than 1 year, or receives, possesses, conceals, or disposes of any such proceeds after they have crossed a State or United States boundary, knowing the proceeds to have been unlawfully obtained, shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years, fined under this title, or both.

(c)

For purposes of this section, the term “State” has the meaning set forth in section 245(d) of this title.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 760; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, § 320601(b), title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2115, 2147.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 760
  • 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2115, 2147

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

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