18 U.S.C. § 510 — Forging endorsements on Treasury checks or bonds or securities of the United States

submitted 43 years ago by Pub. L. 98-151 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 203 words · no verdicts yet

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It's a federal crime to forge a signature on a U.S. Treasury check, bond, or security, or to use, sell, or trade one you know is stolen or forged. The penalty is up to ten years in prison, but it drops to one year if the total amount involved is $1,000 or less.

(a) It is illegal, if you intend to defraud someone, to: (1) forge or fake any signature or endorsement on a U.S. Treasury check, bond, or security; or (2) pass, use, publish, or try to pass, use, or publish a Treasury check, bond, or security that has a forged signature on it. Doing either can get you fined or imprisoned for up to ten years, or both. (b) It is also illegal to buy, sell, trade, receive, deliver, keep, or hide a Treasury check, bond, or security if you know it is stolen or has a forged signature. The same penalty applies: a fine or up to ten years in prison, or both. (c) If the check, bond, or security is worth $1,000 or less (adding up the value of all of them if there is more than one), the penalty for any of these crimes is lower: a fine or up to one year in prison, or both.

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(a)

Whoever, with intent to defraud—

(1)

falsely makes or forges any endorsement or signature on a Treasury check or bond or security of the United States; or

(2)

passes, utters, or publishes, or attempts to pass, utter, or publish, any Treasury check or bond or security of the United States bearing a falsely made or forged endorsement or signature;

shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.

(b)

Whoever, with knowledge that such Treasury check or bond or security of the United States is stolen or bears a falsely made or forged endorsement or signature buys, sells, exchanges, receives, delivers, retains, or conceals any such Treasury check or bond or security of the United States shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.

(c)

If the face value of the Treasury check or bond or security of the United States or the aggregate face value, if more than one Treasury check or bond or security of the United States, does not exceed $1,000, in any of the above-mentioned offenses, the penalty shall be a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 98–151, § 115(a), Nov. 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 976; amended Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXV, § 3514, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4923; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), (L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, §§ 602(e), 606(b), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3503, 3511; Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title IV, § 4002(a)(1), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1806.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1983Enacted · Pub. L. 98-151 · 97 Stat. 976
1990Amended · Pub. L. 101-647 · 104 Stat. 4923
1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147
1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-294 · 110 Stat. 3503, 3511
2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-273 · 116 Stat. 1806

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 98-151 on 1983-11-14.

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