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18 U.S.C. § 505 — Seals of courts; signatures of judges or court officers
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Whoever forges the signature of any judge, register, or other officer of any court of the United States, or of any Territory thereof, or forges or counterfeits the seal of any such court, or knowingly concurs in using any such forged or counterfeit signature or seal, for the purpose of authenticating any proceeding or document, or tenders in evidence any such proceeding or document with a false or counterfeit signature of any such judge, register, or other officer, or a false or counterfeit seal of the court, subscribed or attached thereto, knowing such signature or seal to be false or counterfeit, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
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Whoever forges the signature of any judge, register, or other officer of any court of the United States, or of any Territory thereof, or forges or counterfeits the seal of any such court, or knowingly concurs in using any such forged or counterfeit signature or seal, for the purpose of authenticating any proceeding or document, or tenders in evidence any such proceeding or document with a false or counterfeit signature of any such judge, register, or other officer, or a false or counterfeit seal of the court, subscribed or attached thereto, knowing such signature or seal to be false or counterfeit, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
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**(a)** Whoever—
(1) falsely makes, forges, counterfeits, mutilates, or alters the seal of any department or agency of the United States, or any facsimile thereof;
(2) knowingly uses, affixes, or impresses any such fraudulently made, forged, counterfeited, mutilated, or altered seal or facsimile thereof to or upon any certificate, instrument, commission, document, or paper of any description; or
(3) with fraudulent intent, possesses, sells, offers for sale, furnishes, offers to furnish, gives away, offers to give away, transports, offers to transport, imports, or offers to import any such seal or facsimile thereof, knowing the same to have been so falsely made, forged, counterfeited, mutilated, or altered,
shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
**(b)** Notwithstanding subsection (a) or any other provision of law, if a forged, counterfeited, mutilated, or altered seal of a department or agency of the United States, or any facsimile thereof, is—
(1) so forged, counterfeited, mutilated, or altered;
(2) used, affixed, or impressed to or upon any certificate, instrument, commission, document, or paper of any description; or
(3) with fraudulent intent, possessed, sold, offered for sale, furnished, offered to furnish, given away, offered to give away, transported, offered to transport, imported, or offered to import,
with the intent or effect of facilitating an alien’s application for, or receipt of, a Federal benefit to which the alien is not entitled, the penalties which may be imposed for each offense under subsection (a) shall be two times the maximum fine, and 3 times the maximum term of imprisonment, or both, that would otherwise be imposed for an offense under subsection (a).
**(c)** For purposes of this section—
(1) the
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 506
1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘42’’.
2 So in original. The word ‘‘benefits’’ probably should not ap-
pear.
and other obligations and securities for educational,
historical, and newsworthy purposes, and permitted
motion picture films, microfilms, and slides of United
States and foreign postage and revenue stamps, paper
money, and other obligations and securities, except
films in connection with advertising.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–369 effective July 18, 1984,
see section 1077(c) of Pub. L. 98–369, set out as a note
under section 718e of Title 16, Conservation.
§ 505. Seals of courts; signatures of judges or
court officers
Whoever forges the signature of any judge,
register, or other officer of any court of the
United States, or of any Territory thereof, or
forges or counterfeits the seal of any such court,
or knowingly concurs in using any such forged
or counterfeit signature or seal, for the purpose
of authenticating any proceeding or document,
or tenders in evidence any such proceeding or
document with a false or counterfeit signature
of any such judge, register, or other officer, or a
false or counterfeit seal of the court, subscribed
or attached thereto, knowing such signature or
seal to be false or counterfeit, shall be fined
under this title or imprisoned not more than
five years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 714; Pub. L.
103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994,
108 Stat. 2147.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 236 (Mar. 4, 1909,
ch. 321, § 130, 35 Stat. 1112).
Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in
the alternative.
Minor ch
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