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legal/us/code/title-18/chapter-45/section-957.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "18 U.S.C. § 957"
+description: "Possession of property in aid of foreign government"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 18
+title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
+chapter_number: "45"
+chapter_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS"
+section: "957"
+citation: "18 U.S.C. § 957"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
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+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s957"
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+---
+
+# 18 U.S.C. § 957 - Possession of property in aid of foreign government
+
+## Text
+
+Whoever, in aid of any foreign government, knowingly and willfully possesses or controls any property or papers used or designed or intended for use in violating any penal statute, or any of the rights or obligations of the United States under any treaty or the law of nations, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
+
+(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 745; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision NotesBased on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed. § 98 (June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title XI, § 22, 40 Stat. 230; Mar. 28, 1940, ch. 72, § 8, 54 Stat. 80). Definition of “foreign government” was omitted and is incorporated in section 11 of this title. Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative. Minor changes were made in phraseology.
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000”.