18 U.S.C. § 1422 — Fees in naturalization proceedings

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 58 words · no verdicts yet

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Knowingly charging or accepting unauthorized extra money or fees in naturalization, citizenship, or alien-registry proceedings is a crime. The punishment is a fine, up to five years in prison, or both.

Anyone who knowingly demands, charges, asks for, collects, or receives, or agrees to do any of those things with, unauthorized or additional fees or money in a naturalization, citizenship, or alien-registry proceeding may be fined under this title, imprisoned for up to five years, or both.

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

Whoever knowingly demands, charges, solicits, collects, or receives, or agrees to charge, solicit, collect, or receive any other or additional fees or moneys in proceedings relating to naturalization or citizenship or the registry of aliens beyond the fees and moneys authorized by law, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 766; 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. 766
1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147

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