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LegalText 22 U.S.C. § 4217 Embezzlement of fees or of effects of American citizens us united_states_code code_section 22 FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE 52 FOREIGN SERVICE 4217 22 U.S.C. § 4217 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc22@119-100.zip /us/usc/t22/s4217 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-22/usc22.xml ce66920bdb79a01d1012c3ee05d2103a57e2bfab0e0d56d566b715461ef51465 b9c63ede722f5e0bf8eabfe9029e06e312ab9bcfd95c4d1424ed515baff1df83 fad56286f5eb18b55206b84719da162ccd7fc7cb738de324e315e1a2ff214aae 2026-07-04 official
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22 U.S.C. § 4217 - Embezzlement of fees or of effects of American citizens

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Every consular officer who willfully neglects to render true and just quarterly accounts and returns of the business of his office, and of moneys received by him for the use of the United States, or who neglects to pay over any balance of said moneys due to the United States at the expiration of any quarter, before the expiration of the next succeeding quarter, or who shall receive money, property, or effects belonging to a citizen of the United States and shall not within a reasonable time after demand made upon him by the Secretary of State or by such citizen, his executor, administrator, or legal representative, account for and pay over all moneys, property, and effects, less his lawful fees, due to such citizen, shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement, and shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than five years, and by a fine of not more than $2,000.

(R.S. § 1734; Dec. 21, 1898, ch. 36, § 3, 30 Stat. 771.)

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Codification R.S. § 1734 derived from act Mar. 3, 1869, ch. 125, § 5, 15 Stat. 322. Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter. Section was formerly classified to section 1198 of this title, and prior thereto to section 102 of this title.