Title 18 of the United States Code
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- § 1. Repealed. Pub. L. 98–473, title II, §218(a)(1), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2027
- § 10. Interstate commerce and foreign commerce defined
- § 1001. Statements or entries generally
- § 1002. Possession of false papers to defraud United States
- § 1003. Demands against the United States
- § 1004. Certification of checks
- § 1005. Bank entries, reports and transactions
- § 1006. Federal credit institution entries, reports and transactions
- § 1007. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation transactions
- § 1008. , 1009. Repealed. Pub. L. 101–73, title IX, §§961(g)(1), 962(a)(3), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 500, 502
- § 1010. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Federal Housing Administration transactions
- § 1011. Federal land bank mortgage transactions
- § 1012. Department of Housing and Urban Development transactions
- § 1013. Farm loan bonds and credit bank debentures
- § 1014. Loan and credit applications generally; renewals and discounts; crop insurance
- § 1015. Naturalization, citizenship or alien registry
- § 1016. Acknowledgment of appearance or oath
- § 1017. Government seals wrongfully used and instruments wrongfully sealed
- § 1018. Official certificates or writings
- § 1019. Certificates by consular officers
- § 1020. Highway projects
- § 1021. Title records
- § 1022. Delivery of certificate, voucher, receipt for military or naval property
- § 1023. Insufficient delivery of money or property for military or naval service
- § 1024. Purchase or receipt of military, naval, or veteran's facilities property
- § 1025. False pretenses on high seas and other waters
- § 1026. Compromise, adjustment, or cancellation of farm indebtedness
- § 1027. False statements and concealment of facts in relation to documents required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
- § 1028. Fraud and related activity in connection with identification documents, authentication features, and information
- § 1028A. Aggravated identity theft
- § 1029. Fraud and related activity in connection with access devices
- § 1030. Fraud and related activity in connection with computers
- § 1031. Major fraud against the United States
- § 1032. Concealment of assets from conservator, receiver, or liquidating agent
- § 1033. Crimes by or affecting persons engaged in the business of insurance whose activities affect interstate commerce
- § 1034. Civil penalties and injunctions for violations of section 1033
- § 1035. False statements relating to health care matters
- § 1036. Entry by false pretenses to any real property, vessel, or aircraft of the United States or secure area of any airport or seaport
- § 1037. Fraud and related activity in connection with electronic mail
- § 1038. False information and hoaxes
- § 1039. Fraud and related activity in connection with obtaining confidential phone records information of a covered entity
- § 1040. Fraud in connection with major disaster or emergency benefits
- § 1071. Concealing person from arrest
- § 1072. Concealing escaped prisoner
- § 1073. Flight to avoid prosecution or giving testimony
- § 1074. Flight to avoid prosecution for damaging or destroying any building or other real or personal property
- § 1081. Definitions
- § 1082. Gambling ships
- § 1083. Transportation between shore and ship; penalties
- § 1084. Transmission of wagering information; penalties
- § 1091. Genocide
- § 1092. Exclusive remedies
- § 1093. Definitions
- § 11. Foreign government defined
- § 111. Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees
- § 1111. Murder
- § 1112. Manslaughter
- § 1113. Attempt to commit murder or manslaughter
- § 1114. Protection of officers and employees of the United States
- § 1115. Misconduct or neglect of ship officers
- § 1116. Murder or manslaughter of foreign officials, official guests, or internationally protected persons
- § 1117. Conspiracy to murder
- § 1118. Murder by a Federal prisoner
- § 1119. Foreign murder of United States nationals
- § 112. Protection of foreign officials, official guests, and internationally protected persons
- § 1120. Murder by escaped prisoners
- § 1121. Killing persons aiding Federal investigations or State correctional officers
- § 1122. Protection against the human immunodeficiency virus
- § 113. Assaults within maritime and territorial jurisdiction
- § 114. Maiming within maritime and territorial jurisdiction
- § 115. Influencing, impeding, or retaliating against a Federal official by threatening or injuring a family member
- § 1151. Indian country defined
- § 1152. Laws governing
- § 1153. Offenses committed within Indian country
- § 1154. Intoxicants dispensed in Indian country
- § 1155. Intoxicants dispensed on school site
- § 1156. Intoxicants possessed unlawfully
- § 1157. Repealed. Pub. L. 85–86, July 10, 1957, 71 Stat. 277
- § 1158. Counterfeiting Indian Arts and Crafts Board trade mark
- § 1159. Misrepresentation of Indian produced goods and products
- § 116. Female genital mutilation
- § 1160. Property damaged in committing offense
- § 1161. Application of Indian liquor laws
- § 1162. State jurisdiction over offenses committed by or against Indians in the Indian country
- § 1163. Embezzlement and theft from Indian tribal organizations
- § 1164. Destroying boundary and warning signs
- § 1165. Hunting, trapping, or fishing on Indian land
- § 1166. Gambling in Indian country
- § 1167. Theft from gaming establishments on Indian lands
- § 1168. Theft by officers or employees of gaming establishments on Indian lands
- § 1169. Reporting of child abuse
- § 117. Domestic assault by an habitual offender
- § 1170. Illegal trafficking in Native American human remains and cultural items
- § 118. Interference with certain protective functions
- § 119. Protection of individuals performing certain official duties
- § 12. United States Postal Service defined
- § 1201. Kidnapping
- § 1202. Ransom money
- § 1203. Hostage taking
- § 1204. International parental kidnapping
- § 1231. Transportation of strikebreakers
- § 1232. Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §53, 70A Stat. 641
- § 1261. Enforcement, regulations, and scope
- § 1262. Transportation into State prohibiting sale
- § 1263. Marks and labels on packages
- § 1264. Delivery to consignee
- § 1265. C.O.D. shipments prohibited
- § 13. Laws of States adopted for areas within Federal jurisdiction
- § 1301. Importing or transporting lottery tickets
- § 1302. Mailing lottery tickets or related matter
- § 1303. Postmaster or employee as lottery agent  1
- § 1304. Broadcasting lottery information
- § 1305. Fishing contests
- § 1306. Participation by financial institutions
- § 1307. Exceptions relating to certain advertisements and other information and to State-conducted lotteries
- § 1308. Limitation of applicability
- § 1341. Frauds and swindles
- § 1342. Fictitious name or address
- § 1343. Fraud by wire, radio, or television
- § 1344. Bank fraud
- § 1345. Injunctions against fraud
- § 1346. Definition of "scheme or artifice to defraud"
- § 1347. Health care fraud
- § 1348. Securities and commodities fraud
- § 1349. Attempt and conspiracy
- § 1350. Failure of corporate officers to certify financial reports
- § 1351. Fraud in foreign labor contracting
- § 1361. Government property or contracts
- § 1362. Communication lines, stations or systems
- § 1363. Buildings or property within special maritime and territorial jurisdiction
- § 1364. Interference with foreign commerce by violence
- § 1365. Tampering with consumer products
- § 1366. Destruction of an energy facility
- § 1367. Interference with the operation of a satellite
- § 1368. Harming animals used in law enforcement
- § 1369. Destruction of veterans' memorials
- § 1381. Enticing desertion and harboring deserters
- § 1382. Entering military, naval, or Coast Guard property
- § 1383. Repealed. Pub. L. 94–412, title V, §501(e), Sept. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1258
- § 1384. Prostitution near military and naval establishments
- § 1385. Use of Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force as posse comitatus
- § 1386. Keys and keyways used in security applications by the Department of Defense
- § 1387. Demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery
- § 1388. Prohibition on disruptions of funerals of members or former members of the Armed Forces
- § 1389. Prohibition on attacks on United States servicemen on account of service
- § 14. Repealed. Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title IV, §4004(a), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1812
- § 1401. to 1407. Repealed. Pub. L. 91–513, title III, §1101(b)(1)(A), Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1292
- § 1421. Accounts of court officers
- § 1422. Fees in naturalization proceedings
- § 1423. Misuse of evidence of citizenship or naturalization
- § 1424. Personation or misuse of papers in naturalization proceedings
- § 1425. Procurement of citizenship or naturalization unlawfully
- § 1426. Reproduction of naturalization or citizenship papers
- § 1427. Sale of naturalization or citizenship papers
- § 1428. Surrender of canceled naturalization certificate
- § 1429. Penalties for neglect or refusal to answer subpena
- § 1460. Possession with intent to sell, and sale, of obscene matter on Federal property
- § 1461. Mailing obscene or crime-inciting matter
- § 1462. Importation or transportation of obscene matters
- § 1463. Mailing indecent matter on wrappers or envelopes
- § 1464. Broadcasting obscene language
- § 1465. Production and transportation of obscene matters for sale or distribution
- § 1466. Engaging in the business of selling or transferring obscene matter
- § 1466A. Obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children
- § 1467. Criminal forfeiture
- § 1468. Distributing obscene material by cable or subscription television
- § 1469. Presumptions
- § 1470. Transfer of obscene material to minors
- § 15. Obligation or other security of foreign government defined
- § 1501. Assault on process server
- § 1502. Resistance to extradition agent
- § 1503. Influencing or injuring officer or juror generally
- § 1504. Influencing juror by writing
- § 1505. Obstruction of proceedings before departments, agencies, and committees
- § 1506. Theft or alteration of record or process; false bail
- § 1507. Picketing or parading
- § 1508. Recording, listening to, or observing proceedings of grand or petit juries while deliberating or voting
- § 1509. Obstruction of court orders
- § 151. Definition
- § 1510. Obstruction of criminal investigations
- § 1511. Obstruction of State or local law enforcement
- § 1512. Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant
- § 1513. Retaliating against a witness, victim, or an informant
- § 1514. Civil action to restrain harassment of a victim or witness
- § 1514A. Civil action to protect against retaliation in fraud cases
- § 1515. Definitions for certain provisions; general provision
- § 1516. Obstruction of Federal audit
- § 1517. Obstructing examination of financial institution
- § 1518. Obstruction of criminal investigations of health care offenses
- § 1519. Destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in Federal investigations and bankruptcy
- § 152. Concealment of assets; false oaths and claims; bribery
- § 1520. Destruction of corporate audit records
- § 1521. Retaliating against a Federal judge or Federal law enforcement officer by false claim or slander of title
- § 153. Embezzlement against estate
- § 1531. Partial-birth abortions prohibited
- § 154. Adverse interest and conduct of officers
- § 1541. Issuance without authority
- § 1542. False statement in application and use of passport
- § 1543. Forgery or false use of passport
- § 1544. Misuse of passport
- § 1545. Safe conduct violation
- § 1546. Fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other documents
- § 1547. Alternative imprisonment maximum for certain offenses
- § 155. Fee agreements in cases under title 11 and receiverships
- § 156. Knowing disregard of bankruptcy law or rule
- § 157. Bankruptcy fraud
- § 158. Designation of United States attorneys and agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to address abusive reaffirmations of debt and materially fraudulent statements in bankruptcy schedules
- § 1581. Peonage; obstructing enforcement
- § 1582. Vessels for slave trade
- § 1583. Enticement into slavery
- § 1584. Sale into involuntary servitude
- § 1585. Seizure, detention, transportation or sale of slaves
- § 1586. Service on vessels in slave trade
- § 1587. Possession of slaves aboard vessel
- § 1588. Transportation of slaves from United States
- § 1589. Forced labor
- § 1590. Trafficking with respect to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor
- § 1591. Sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud, or coercion
- § 1592. Unlawful conduct with respect to documents in furtherance of trafficking, peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor
- § 1593. Mandatory restitution
- § 1593A. Benefitting financially from peonage, slavery, and trafficking in persons
- § 1594. General provisions
- § 1595. Civil remedy
- § 1595A. Civil injunctions
- § 1596. Additional jurisdiction in certain trafficking offenses
- § 1597. Unlawful conduct with respect to immigration documents
- § 16. Crime of violence defined
- § 1621. Perjury generally
- § 1622. Subornation of perjury
- § 1623. False declarations before grand jury or court
- § 1651. Piracy under law of nations
- § 1652. Citizens as pirates
- § 1653. Aliens as pirates
- § 1654. Arming or serving on privateers
- § 1655. Assault on commander as piracy
- § 1656. Conversion or surrender of vessel
- § 1657. Corruption of seamen and confederating with pirates
- § 1658. Plunder of distressed vessel
- § 1659. Attack to plunder vessel
- § 1660. Receipt of pirate property
- § 1661. Robbery ashore
- § 1691. Laws governing postal savings
- § 1692. Foreign mail as United States mail
- § 1693. Carriage of mail generally
- § 1694. Carriage of matter out of mail over post routes
- § 1695. Carriage of matter out of mail on vessels
- § 1696. Private express for letters and packets
- § 1697. Transportation of persons acting as private express
- § 1698. Prompt delivery of mail from vessel
- § 1699. Certification of delivery from vessel
- § 17. Insanity defense
- § 1700. Desertion of mails
- § 1701. Obstruction of mails generally
- § 1702. Obstruction of correspondence
- § 1703. Delay or destruction of mail or newspapers
- § 1704. Keys or locks stolen or reproduced
- § 1705. Destruction of letter boxes or mail
- § 1706. Injury to mail bags
- § 1707. Theft of property used by Postal Service
- § 1708. Theft or receipt of stolen mail matter generally
- § 1709. Theft of mail matter by officer or employee
- § 1710. Theft of newspapers
- § 1711. Misappropriation of postal funds
- § 1712. Falsification of postal returns to increase compensation
- § 1713. Issuance of money orders without payment
- § 1714. Repealed. Pub. L. 101–647, title XII, §1210(b), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4832
- § 1715. Firearms as nonmailable; regulations
- § 1716. Injurious articles as nonmailable
- § 1716A. Nonmailable locksmithing devices and motor vehicle master keys
- § 1716B. Nonmailable plants
- § 1716C. Forged agricultural certifications
- § 1716D. Nonmailable injurious animals, plant pests, plants, and illegally taken fish, wildlife, and plants
- § 1716E. Tobacco products as nonmailable
- § 1717. Letters and writings as nonmailable
- § 1718. Repealed. Pub. L. 101–647, title XII, §1210(c), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4832
- § 1719. Franking privilege
- § 1720. Canceled stamps and envelopes
- § 1721. Sale or pledge of stamps
- § 1722. False evidence to secure second-class rate
- § 1723. Avoidance of postage by using lower class matter
- § 1724. Postage on mail delivered by foreign vessels
- § 1725. Postage unpaid on deposited mail matter
- § 1726. Postage collected unlawfully
- § 1727. Repealed. Pub. L. 90–384, §1(a), July 5, 1968, 82 Stat. 292
- § 1728. Weight of mail increased fraudulently
- § 1729. Post office conducted without authority
- § 1730. Uniforms of carriers
- § 1731. Vehicles falsely labeled as carriers
- § 1732. Approval of bond or sureties by postmaster
- § 1733. Mailing periodical publications without prepayment of postage
- § 1734. Editorials and other matter as "advertisements"
- § 1735. Sexually oriented advertisements
- § 1736. Restrictive use of information
- § 1737. Manufacturer of sexually related mail matter
- § 1738. Repealed. Pub. L. 106–578, §4, Dec. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 3076
- § 175. Prohibitions with respect to biological weapons
- § 1751. Presidential and Presidential staff assassination, kidnapping, and assault; penalties
- § 1752. Restricted building or grounds
- § 175a. Requests for military assistance to enforce prohibition in certain emergencies
- § 175b. Possession by restricted persons