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[CITE: 18USC1018]

TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

PART I--CRIMES

CHAPTER 47--FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS

Sec. 1018. Official certificates or writings

Whoever, being a public officer or other person authorized by any law of the United States to make or give a certificate or other writing, knowingly makes and delivers as true such a certificate or writing, containing any statement which he knows to be false, in a case where the punishment thereof is not elsewhere expressly provided by law, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 753; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 195 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, Sec. 106, 35 Stat. 1107).

Minor changes were made in phraseology.

Amendments

1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for ``fined not more than $500''.

Here are some examples of common fraud:

• Credit Card Fraud
• Internet Fraud
• Computer Fraud
• Identity Fraud
• Check Fraud
• Mail Fraud
• Bank Fraud
• Medicare Fraud
• Medicaid Fraud
• Mortgage Fraud
• Social Security Fraud
• Tax Fraud
• Welfare Fraud
• Accounting Fraud
• Consumer Fraud
• Health Care Fraud
• Worker Compensation Fraud
• Disability Fraud
• Corporate Fraud