Title 18Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73

§2313 Sale or receipt of stolen vehicles

Title 18 › Part PART I— - CRIMES › Chapter CHAPTER 113— - STOLEN PROPERTY › § 2313

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Knowingly handling a stolen vehicle, vessel, or aircraft that crossed state or U.S. borders risks a fine or up to 10 years prison. State = U.S. states, the District of Columbia, commonwealths, territories, possessions.

Full Legal Text

Title 18, §2313

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(a)Whoever receives, possesses, conceals, stores, barters, sells, or disposes of any motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft, which has crossed a State or United States boundary after being stolen, knowing the same to have been stolen, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
(b)For purposes of this section, the term “State” includes a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 408 (Oct. 29, 1919, ch. 89, § 4, 41 Stat. 325; Sept. 24, 1945, ch. 383, §§ 2, 3, 59 Stat. 536). Section constitutes the fourth sentence of said section 408 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed. Definitions of “aircraft,” “motor vehicle,” and “interstate or foreign commerce,” which constituted the second sentence of said section 408, are incorporated in section 10 and 2311 of this title. The third sentence of said section 408, relating to transporting stolen aircraft or motor vehicles, is incorporated in section 2312 of this title. The first sentence of said section 408, providing the

Short Title

, and the fifth sentence thereof, relating to venue, were omitted. (See reviser’s note under section 2312 of this title.) Minor changes were made in phraseology.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–177 substituted “motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft” for “motor vehicle or aircraft”. 1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–519 substituted “fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years” for “fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years”. 1990—Pub. L. 101–647 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b). 1984—Pub. L. 98–547 inserted “possesses,” after “receives,” and substituted “which has crossed a State or United States boundary after being stolen,” for “moving as, or which is a part of, or which constitutes interstate or foreign commerce,”.

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Citation

18 U.S.C. § 2313

Title 18Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73