§514 — Title 18 Crimes and Criminal Procedure | U.S. Code

Summary

It is a crime for a person who means to cheat to make, print, copy, or otherwise create fake obligations; to pass, sell, offer, broker, or possess them inside the United States; or to use mail, phone, wire, radio, other electronic means, or cross‑border commerce to send, move, or transfer them. Words that are defined in section 513(c) keep the same meanings here. The U.S. Secret Service, and any other agency with that power, may investigate these crimes.

Title 18, §514

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(a)Whoever, with the intent to defraud—

(1)draws, prints, processes, produces, publishes, or otherwise makes, or attempts or causes the same, within the United States;

(2)passes, utters, presents, offers, brokers, issues, sells, or attempts or causes the same, or with like intent possesses, within the United States; or

(3)utilizes interstate or foreign commerce, including the use of the mails or wire, radio, or other electronic communication, to transmit, transport, ship, move, transfer, or attempts or causes the same, to, from, or through the United States,

(b)For purposes of this section, any term used in this section that is defined in section 513(c) has the same meaning given such term in section 513(c).

(c)The United States Secret Service, in addition to any other agency having such authority, shall have authority to investigate offenses under this section.

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Editorial Notes

Codification section 101(f) [title VI, § 648(b)(1)] and 2603(b)(1) of div. A of Pub. L. 104–208 added identical section 514.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Sept. 30, 1996, and to remain in effect for each fiscal year following Sept. 30, 1996, see section 101(f) [title VI, § 648(c)] of Pub. L. 104–208, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1996 Amendment note under section 474 of this title.

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of the functions, personnel, assets, and obligations of the United States Secret Service, including the functions of the Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see section 381, 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.

§514 Fictitious obligations

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Title 18, §514

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