[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC1426]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 69--NATIONALITY AND CITIZENSHIP
Sec. 1426. Reproduction of naturalization or citizenship papers
(a) Whoever falsely makes, forges, alters or counterfeits any oath,
notice, affidavit, certificate of arrival, declaration of intention,
certificate or documentary evidence of naturalization or citizenship or
any order, record, signature, paper or proceeding or any copy thereof,
required or authorized by any law relating to naturalization or
citizenship or registry of aliens; or
(b) Whoever utters, sells, disposes of or uses as true or genuine,
any false, forged, altered, antedated or counterfeited oath, notice,
affidavit, certificate of arrival, declaration of intention to become a
citizen, certificate or documentary evidence of naturalization or
citizenship, or any order, record, signature or other instrument, paper
or proceeding required or authorized by any law relating to
naturalization or citizenship or registry of aliens, or any copy
thereof, knowing the same to be false, forged, altered, antedated or
counterfeited; or
(c) Whoever, with intent unlawfully to use the same, possesses any
false, forged, altered, antedated or counterfeited certificate of
arrival, declaration of intention to become a citizen, certificate or
documentary evidence of naturalization or citizenship purporting to have
been issued under any law of the United States, or copy thereof, knowing
the same to be false, forged, altered, antedated or counterfeited; or
(d) Whoever, without lawful authority, engraves or possesses, sells
or brings into the United States any plate in the likeness or similitude
of any plate designed, for the printing of a declaration of intention,
or certificate or documentary evidence of naturalization or citizenship;
or
(e) Whoever, without lawful authority, brings into the United States
any document printed therefrom; or
(f) Whoever, without lawful authority, possesses any blank
certificate of arrival, blank declaration of intention or blank
certificate of naturalization or citizenship provided by the Immigration
and Naturalization Service, with intent unlawfully to use the same; or
(g) Whoever, with intent unlawfully to use the same, possesses a
distinctive paper adopted by the proper officer or agency of the United
States for the printing or engraving of a declaration of intention to
become a citizen, or certificate of naturalization or certificate of
citizenship; or
(h) Whoever, without lawful authority, prints, photographs, makes or
executes any print or impression in the likeness of a certificate of
arrival, declaration of intention to become a citizen, or certificate of
naturalization or citizenship, or any part thereof--
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 25 years
(if the offense was committed to facilitate an act of international
terrorism (as defined in section 2331 of this title)), 20 years (if the
offense was committed to facilitate a drug trafficking crime (as defined
in section 929(a) of this title)), 10 years (in the case of the first or
second such offense, if the offense was not committed to facilitate such
an act of international terrorism or a drug trafficking crime), or 15
years (in the case of any other offense), or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 767; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII,
Sec. 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 104-208, div.
C, title II, Sec. 211(a)(2), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-569; Pub. L.
107-273, div. B, title IV, Sec. 4002(a)(3), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat.
1806.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on subsections (a) pars. (8)-(12), (16), (17), (20)-(29), (b),
(d), (l) of section 746 of Title 8, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Aliens and
Nationality (Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 876, Sec. 346(a) pars. (8)-(12), (16),
(17), (20)-(29), (b), (d), (l), 54 Stat. 1164-1168).
Sections consolidates numerous similar paragraphs with necessary
changes in phraseology and translations.
References to persons causing, procuring, aiding, abetting, or
assisting were omitted as unnecessary, such persons being principals
under definitive section 2 of this title.
Amendments
2002--Pub. L. 107-273 substituted ``to facilitate'' for ``to
facility'' in last par.
1996--Pub. L. 104-208 substituted ``imprisoned not more than 25
years (if the offense was committed to facilitate an act of
international terrorism (as defined in section 2331 of this title)), 20
years (if the offense was committed to facilitate a drug trafficking
crime (as defined in section 929(a) of this title)), 10 years (in the
case of the first or second such offense, if the offense was not
committed to facility such an act of international terrorism or a drug
trafficking crime), or 15 years (in the case of any other offense)'' f
