§1306 Penalties

Summary

Creates crimes and punishments for certain registration and ID problems for aliens and their parents or guardians. If an alien who must register or be fingerprinted willfully refuses, or if a parent or guardian willfully fails to register a required person, the person can be fined up to $1,000, jailed up to six months, or both. If an alien or their parent/guardian fails to give the written notice required by section 1305, the penalty is up to $200, up to 30 days in jail, or both. Even without a criminal conviction, an alien who misses the section 1305 notice can be taken into custody and removed under part IV unless the Attorney General accepts a reasonable excuse or finds the failure was not willful. Making false statements on a registration, or using fraud to get registered, can bring the same $1,000 fine and six-month jail penalty, and a convicted alien may be taken into custody and removed under part IV. Anyone who, with illegal intent, makes or copies a registration certificate or receipt card (or a close imitation) faces up to $5,000 in fines, up to five years in prison, or both.