§ 514. — Fictitious obligations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC514]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 25--COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY
Sec. 514. Fictitious obligations
(a) Whoever, with the intent to defraud--
(1) draws, prints, processes, produces, publishes, or otherwise
makes, or attempts or causes the same, within the United States;
(2) passes, utters, presents, offers, brokers, issues, sells, or
attempts or causes the same, or with like intent possesses, within
the United States; or
(3) utilizes interstate or foreign commerce, including the use
of the mails or wire, radio, or other electronic communication, to
transmit, transport, ship, move, transfer, or attempts or causes the
same, to, from, or through the United States,
any false or fictitious instrument, document, or other item appearing,
representing, purporting, or contriving through scheme or artifice, to
be an actual security or other financial instrument issued under the
authority of the United States, a foreign government, a State or other
political subdivision of the United States, or an organization, shall be
guilty of a class B felony.
(b) For purposes of this section, any term used in this section that
is defined in section 513(c) has the same meaning given such term in
section 513(c).
(c) The United States Secret Service, in addition to any other
agency having such authority, shall have authority to investigate
offenses under this section.
(Added Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, title I, Sec. 101(f) [title VI,
Sec. 648(b)(1)], title II, Sec. 2603(b)(1), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat.
3009-314, 3009-367, 3009-470.)
Codification
Sections 101(f) [title VI, Sec. 648(b)(1)] and 2603(b)(1) of div. A
of Pub. L. 104-208 added identical sections 514.
Effective Date
Section effective Sept. 30, 1996, and to remain in effect for each
fiscal year following Sept. 30, 1996, see section 101(f) [title VI,
Sec. 648(c)] of Pub. L. 104-208, set out as an Effective Date of 1996
Amendment note under section 474 of this title.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of the functions, personnel, assets, and obligations of
the United States Secret Service, including the functions of the
Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland
Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 381,
551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the
Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25,
2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
