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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title: "18 U.S.C. § 479"
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description: "Uttering counterfeit foreign obligations or securities"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 18
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title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
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chapter_number: "25"
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chapter_name: "COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY"
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section: "479"
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citation: "18 U.S.C. § 479"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 18 U.S.C. § 479 - Uttering counterfeit foreign obligations or securities
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## Text
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Whoever, within the United States, knowingly and with intent to defraud, utters, passes, or puts off, in payment or negotiation, any false, forged, or counterfeited bond, certificate, obligation, security, treasury note, bill, or promise to pay, mentioned in section 478 of this title, whether or not the same was made, altered, forged, or counterfeited within the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 707; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(J), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 107–56, title III, § 375(b), Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 341.)
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## Notes
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Historical and Revision NotesBased on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 271 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 157, 35 Stat. 1118). Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative. Changes were made in phraseology.
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments2001—Pub. L. 107–56 substituted “20 years” for “three years”. 1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $3,000”.
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