Title 18, Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-102
§1660 Receipt of Pirate Property
Title 18 › PART I — CRIMES › CHAPTER 81 — PIRACY AND PRIVATEERING › § 1660
Summary
Knowingly and illegally receiving property stolen by pirates or robbers can result in up to 10 years' imprisonment.
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Title 18, §1660
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Whoever, without lawful authority, receives or takes into custody any vessel, goods, or other property, feloniously taken by any robber or pirate against the laws of the United States, knowing the same to have been feloniously taken, shall be imprisoned not more than ten years.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 552 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 334, 35 Stat. 1152). Provision relating to concealment of pirate and words “is an accessory after the fact to such robbery or piracy” were omitted in view of definitive section 3 of this title.
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18 U.S.C. § 1660
Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102