Federal

Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

1,399 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 218(a)(1) , Oct. 12, 1984 , 98 Stat. 2027 ]
• § 10 — Interstate commerce and foreign commerce defined
• § 1001 — Statements or entries generally
• § 1002 — Possession of false papers to defraud United States
• § 1003 — Demands against the United States
• § 1004 — Certification of checks
• § 1005 — Bank entries, reports and transactions
• § 1006 — Federal credit institution entries, reports and transactions
• § 1007 — Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation transactions
• § 1008, 1009 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–73, title IX , §§ 961(g)(1), 962(a)(3), Aug. 9, 1989 , 103 Stat. 500 , 502]
• § 1010 — Department of Housing and Urban Development and Federal Housing Administration transactions
• § 1011 — Federal land bank mortgage transactions
• § 1012 — Department of Housing and Urban Development transactions
• § 1013 — Farm loan bonds and credit bank debentures
• § 1014 — Loan and credit applications generally; renewals and discounts; crop insurance
• § 1015 — Naturalization, citizenship or alien registry
• § 1016 — Acknowledgment of appearance or oath
• § 1017 — Government seals wrongfully used and instruments wrongfully sealed
• § 1018 — Official certificates or writings
• § 1019 — Certificates by consular officers
• § 1020 — Highway projects
• § 1021 — Title records
• § 1022 — Delivery of certificate, voucher, receipt for military or naval property
• § 1023 — Insufficient delivery of money or property for military or naval service
• § 1024 — Purchase or receipt of military, naval, or veteran’s facilities property
• § 1025 — False pretenses on high seas and other waters
• § 1026 — Compromise, adjustment, or cancellation of farm indebtedness
• § 1027 — False statements and concealment of facts in relation to documents required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
• § 1028 — Fraud and related activity in connection with identification documents, authentication features, and information
• § 1028A — Aggravated identity theft
• § 1029 — Fraud and related activity in connection with access devices
• § 1030 — Fraud and related activity in connection with computers
• § 1031 — Major fraud against the United States
• § 1032 — Concealment of assets from conservator, receiver, or liquidating agent
• § 1033 — Crimes by or affecting persons engaged in the business of insurance whose activities affect interstate commerce
• § 1034 — Civil penalties and injunctions for violations of section 1033
• § 1035 — False statements relating to health care matters
• § 1036 — Entry by false pretenses to any real property, vessel, or aircraft of the United States or secure area of any airport or seaport
• § 1037 — Fraud and related activity in connection with electronic mail
• § 1038 — False information and hoaxes
• § 1039 — Fraud and related activity in connection with obtaining confidential phone records information of a covered entity
• § 1040 — Fraud in connection with major disaster or emergency benefits
• § 1071 — Concealing person from arrest
• § 1072 — Concealing escaped prisoner
• § 1073 — Flight to avoid prosecution or giving testimony
• § 1074 — Flight to avoid prosecution for damaging or destroying any building or other real or personal property
• § 1081 — Definitions
• § 1082 — Gambling ships
• § 1083 — Transportation between shore and ship; penalties
• § 1084 — Transmission of wagering information; penalties
• § 1091 — Genocide
• § 1092 — Exclusive remedies
• § 1093 — Definitions
• § 11 — Foreign government defined
• § 111 — Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees
• § 1111 — Murder
• § 1112 — Manslaughter
• § 1113 — Attempt to commit murder or manslaughter
• § 1114 — Protection of officers and employees of the United States
• § 1115 — Misconduct or neglect of ship officers
• § 1116 — Murder or manslaughter of foreign officials, official guests, or internationally protected persons
• § 1117 — Conspiracy to murder
• § 1118 — Murder by a Federal prisoner
• § 1119 — Foreign murder of United States nationals
• § 112 — Protection of foreign officials, official guests, and internationally protected persons
• § 1120 — Murder by escaped prisoners
• § 1121 — Killing persons aiding Federal investigations or State correctional officers
• § 1122 — Protection against the human immunodeficiency virus
• § 113 — Assaults within maritime and territorial jurisdiction
• § 114 — Maiming within maritime and territorial jurisdiction
• § 115 — Influencing, impeding, or retaliating against a Federal official by threatening or injuring a family member
• § 1151 — Indian country defined
• § 1152 — Laws governing
• § 1153 — Offenses committed within Indian country
• § 1154 — Intoxicants dispensed in Indian country
• § 1155 — Intoxicants dispensed on school site
• § 1156 — Intoxicants possessed unlawfully
• § 1157 — Repealed. Pub. L. 85–86 , July 10, 1957 , 71 Stat. 277 ]
• § 1158 — Counterfeiting Indian Arts and Crafts Board trade mark
• § 1159 — Misrepresentation of Indian produced goods and products
• § 116 — Female genital mutilation
• § 1160 — Property damaged in committing offense
• § 1161 — Application of Indian liquor laws
• § 1162 — State jurisdiction over offenses committed by or against Indians in the Indian country
• § 1163 — Embezzlement and theft from Indian tribal organizations
• § 1164 — Destroying boundary and warning signs
• § 1165 — Hunting, trapping, or fishing on Indian land
• § 1166 — Gambling in Indian country
• § 1167 — Theft from gaming establishments on Indian lands
• § 1168 — Theft by officers or employees of gaming establishments on Indian lands
• § 1169 — Reporting of child abuse
• § 117 — Domestic assault by an habitual offender
• § 1170 — Illegal trafficking in Native American human remains and cultural items
• § 118 — Interference with certain protective functions
• § 119 — Protection of individuals performing certain official duties
• § 12 — United States Postal Service defined
• § 1201 — Kidnapping
• § 1202 — Ransom money
• § 1203 — Hostage taking
• § 1204 — International parental kidnapping
• § 1231 — Transportation of strikebreakers
• § 1232 — Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53 , 70A Stat. 641 ]
• § 1261 — Enforcement, regulations, and scope
• § 1262 — Transportation into State prohibiting sale
• § 1263 — Marks and labels on packages
• § 1264 — Delivery to consignee
• § 1265 — C.O.D. shipments prohibited
• § 13 — Laws of States adopted for areas within Federal jurisdiction
• § 1301 — Importing or transporting lottery tickets
• § 1302 — Mailing lottery tickets or related matter
• § 1303 — Postmaster or employee as lottery agent 1 1 Section catchline was not amended to conform to change made in the text by Pub. L. 91–375 .
• § 1304 — Broadcasting lottery information
• § 1305 — Fishing contests
• § 1306 — Participation by financial institutions
• § 1307 — Exceptions relating to certain advertisements and other information and to State-conducted lotteries
• § 1308 — Limitation of applicability
• § 1341 — Frauds and swindles
• § 1342 — Fictitious name or address
• § 1343 — Fraud by wire, radio, or television
• § 1344 — Bank fraud
• § 1345 — Injunctions against fraud
• § 1346 — Definition of “scheme or artifice to defraud”
• § 1347 — Health care fraud
• § 1348 — Securities and commodities fraud
• § 1349 — Attempt and conspiracy
• § 1350 — Failure of corporate officers to certify financial reports
• § 1351 — Fraud in foreign labor contracting
• § 1352 — Demands by foreign officials for bribes
• § 1361 — Government property or contracts
• § 1362 — Communication lines, stations or systems
• § 1363 — Buildings or property within special maritime and territorial jurisdiction
• § 1364 — Interference with foreign commerce by violence
• § 1365 — Tampering with consumer products
• § 1366 — Destruction of an energy facility
• § 1367 — Interference with the operation of a satellite
• § 1368 — Harming animals used in law enforcement
• § 1369 — Destruction of veterans’ memorials
• § 1381 — Enticing desertion and harboring deserters
• § 1382 — Entering military, naval, or Coast Guard property
• § 1383 — Repealed. Pub. L. 94–412, title V, § 501(e) , Sept. 14, 1976 , 90 Stat. 1258 ]
• § 1384 — Prostitution near military and naval establishments
• § 1385 — Use of Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force as posse comitatus
• § 1386 — Keys and keyways used in security applications by the Department of Defense
• § 1387 — Demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery
• § 1388 — Prohibition on disruptions of funerals of members or former members of the Armed Forces
• § 1389 — Prohibition on attacks on United States servicemen on account of service
• § 14 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title IV, § 4004(a) , Nov. 2, 2002 , 116 Stat. 1812 ]
• § 1401 to 1407 — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–513, title III, § 1101(b)(1)(A) , Oct. 27, 1970 , 84 Stat. 1292 ]
• § 1421 — Accounts of court officers
• § 1422 — Fees in naturalization proceedings
• § 1423 — Misuse of evidence of citizenship or naturalization
• § 1424 — Personation or misuse of papers in naturalization proceedings
• § 1425 — Procurement of citizenship or naturalization unlawfully
• § 1426 — Reproduction of naturalization or citizenship papers
• § 1427 — Sale of naturalization or citizenship papers
• § 1428 — Surrender of canceled naturalization certificate
• § 1429 — Penalties for neglect or refusal to answer subpena
• § 1460 — Possession with intent to sell, and sale, of obscene matter on Federal property
• § 1461 — Mailing obscene or crime-inciting matter
• § 1462 — Importation or transportation of obscene matters
• § 1463 — Mailing indecent matter on wrappers or envelopes
• § 1464 — Broadcasting obscene language
• § 1465 — Production and transportation of obscene matters for sale or distribution
• § 1466 — Engaging in the business of selling or transferring obscene matter
• § 1466A — Obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children
• § 1467 — Criminal forfeiture
• § 1468 — Distributing obscene material by cable or subscription television
• § 1469 — Presumptions
• § 1470 — Transfer of obscene material to minors
• § 15 — Obligation or other security of foreign government defined
• § 1501 — Assault on process server
• § 1502 — Resistance to extradition agent
• § 1503 — Influencing or injuring officer or juror generally
• § 1504 — Influencing juror by writing
• § 1505 — Obstruction of proceedings before departments, agencies, and committees
• § 1506 — Theft or alteration of record or process; false bail
• § 1507 — Picketing or parading
• § 1508 — Recording, listening to, or observing proceedings of grand or petit juries while deliberating or voting
• § 1509 — Obstruction of court orders
• § 151 — Definition
• § 1510 — Obstruction of criminal investigations
• § 1511 — Obstruction of State or local law enforcement
• § 1512 — Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant
• § 1513 — Retaliating against a witness, victim, or an informant
• § 1514 — Civil action to restrain harassment of a victim or witness
• § 1514A — Civil action to protect against retaliation in fraud cases
• § 1515 — Definitions for certain provisions; general provision
• § 1516 — Obstruction of Federal audit
• § 1517 — Obstructing examination of financial institution
• § 1518 — Obstruction of criminal investigations of health care offenses
• § 1519 — Destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in Federal investigations and bankruptcy
• § 152 — Concealment of assets; false oaths and claims; bribery
• § 1520 — Destruction of corporate audit records
• § 1521 — Retaliating against a Federal judge or Federal law enforcement officer by false claim or slander of title
• § 153 — Embezzlement against estate
• § 1531 — Partial-birth abortions prohibited
• § 154 — Adverse interest and conduct of officers
• § 1541 — Issuance without authority
• § 1542 — False statement in application and use of passport
• § 1543 — Forgery or false use of passport