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NATIONAL STOLEN PROPERTY ACT
U.S. Code Title 18–Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Sections 2314 and 2315
Sec. 2314. Transportation of stolen goods, securities, moneys, fraudulent State tax stamps, or
articles used in counterfeiting
Whoever transports, transmits, or transfers in interstate or foreign commerce any goods, wares,
merchandise, securities or money, of the value of $5,000 or more, knowing the same to have been
stolen, converted or taken by fraud; or
Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for
obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or
promises, transports or causes to be transported, or induces any person or persons to travel in, or
to be transported in interstate or foreign commerce in the execution or concealment of a scheme
or artifice to defraud that person or those persons of money or property having a value of $5,000
or more; or
Whoever, with unlawful or fraudulent intent, transports in interstate or foreign commerce any
falsely made, forged, altered, or counterfeited securities or tax stamps, knowing the same to have
been falsely made, forged, altered, or counterfeited; or
Whoever, with unlawful or fraudulent intent, transports in interstate or foreign commerce any
traveler’s check bearing a forged countersignature; or
Whoever, with unlawful or fraudulent intent, transports in interstate or foreign commerce, any
tool, implement, or thing used or fitted to be used in falsely making, forging, altering, or
counterfeiting any security or tax stamps, or any part thereof –
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
This section shall not apply to any falsely made, forged, altered, counterfeited or spurious
representation of an obligation or other security of the United States, or of an obligation, bond,
certificate, security, treasury note, bill, promise to pay or bank note issued by any foreign
government. This section also shall not apply to any falsely made, forged, altered, counterfeited,
or spurious representation of any bank note or bill issued by a bank or corporation of any foreign
country which is intended by the laws or usage of such country to circulate as money.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 806; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, Sec. 45, 63 Stat. 96; July 9, 1956, ch. 519,
70 Stat. 507; Oct. 4, 1961, Pub. L. 87-371, Sec. 2, 75 Stat. 802; Sept. 28, 1968, Pub. L. 90-535, 82 Stat.
885; Nov. 18, 1988, Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Secs. 7057, 7080, 102 Stat. 4402, 4406; Nov. 29, 1990,
Pub. L. 101-647, title XII, Sec. 1208, 104 Stat. 4832; Sept. 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec.
330016(1)(K), (L), 108 Stat. 2147.)
Sec. 2315. Sale or receipt of stolen goods, securities, moneys, or fraudulent State tax stamps
Whoever receives, possesses, conceals, stores, barters, sells, or disposes of any goods, wares, or
merchandise, securities, or money of the value of $5,000 or more, or pledges or accepts as security
for a loan any goods, wares, or merchandise, or securities, of the value of $500 or more, which
have crossed a State or United States boundary after being stolen, unlawfully converted, or taken,
knowing the same to have been stolen, unlawfully converted, or taken; or
Whoever receives, possesses, conceals, stores, barters, sells, or disposes of any falsely made,
forged, altered, or counterfeited securities or tax stamps, or pledges or accepts as security for a
loan any falsely made, forged, altered, or counterfeited securities or tax stamps, moving as, or
which are a part of, or which constitute interstate or foreign commerce, knowing the same to
have been so falsely made, forged, altered, or counterfeited; or
Whoever receives in interstate or foreign commerce, or conceals, stores, barters, sells, or disposes
of, any tool, implement, or thing used or intended to be used in falsely making, forging, altering,
or counterfeiting any security or tax stamp, or any part thereof, moving as, or which is a part of,
or which constitutes interstate or foreign commerce, knowing that the same is fitted to be used, or
has been used, in falsely making, forging, altering, or counterfeiting any security or tax stamp, or
any part thereof–
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
This section shall not apply to any falsely made, forged, altered, counterfeited, or spurious
representation of an obligation or other security of the United States or of an obligation, bond,
certificate, security, treasury note, bill, promise to pay, or bank note, issued by any foreign
government. This section also shall not apply to any falsely made, forged, altered, counterfeited,
or spurious representation of any bank note or bill issued by a bank or corporation of any foreign
country which is intended by the laws or usage of such country to circulate as money.
For purposes of this section, the term “State” includes a State of the United States, the District of
Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 806; Oct. 4, 1961, Pub. L. 87-371, Sec. 3, 75 Stat. 802; Nov. 10, 1986,
Pub. L. 99-646, Sec. 76, 100 Stat. 3618; Nov. 18, 1988, Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Secs. 7048, 7057(b),
102 Stat. 4401, 4402; Nov. 29, 1990, Pub. L. 101-647, title XII, Sec. 1205(m), 104 Stat. 4831; Sept. 13,
1994, Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(L), 108 Stat. 2147.)
Sentencing guidelines are subject to change.
