Title 18, Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-102
§3291 Nationality, Citizenship and Passports
Title 18 › PART II — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE › CHAPTER 213 — LIMITATIONS › § 3291
Summary
People cannot be charged, tried, or punished for certain nationality, citizenship, or passport crimes—or for planning them—unless the government files charges within ten years after the crime.
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Title 18, §3291
Crimes and Criminal Procedure, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for violation of any provision of sections 1423 to 1428, inclusive, of chapter 69 and sections 1541 to 1544, inclusive, of chapter 75 of title 18 of the United States Code, or for conspiracy to violate any of such sections, unless the indictment is found or the information is instituted within ten years after the commission of the offense.
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1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “violate any of such sections” for “violate any of the afore-mentioned sections”.
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18 U.S.C. § 3291
Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102