18 U.S.C. § 335
Circulation of obligations of expired corporations
United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 18 U.S.C. § 335, Circulation of obligations of expired corporations, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/448782
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Whoever, being a director, officer, or agent of a corporation created by Act of Congress, the charter of which has expired, or trustee thereof, or an agent of such trustee, or a person having in his possession or under his control the property of such corporation for the purpose of paying or redeeming its notes and obligations, knowingly issues, reissues, or utters as money, or in any other way knowingly puts in circulation any bill, note, check, draft, or other security purporting to have been made by any such corporation, or by any officer thereof, or purporting to have been made under authority derived therefrom, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Legislative history
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- Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994