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18 U.S.C. § 553

Importation or exportation of stolen motor vehicles, off-highway mobile equipment, vessels, or aircraft

United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective

Transportation & Motor Vehicles
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18 U.S.C. § 553, Importation or exportation of stolen motor vehicles, off-highway mobile equipment, vessels, or aircraft, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/448875
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Whoever knowingly imports, exports, or attempts to import or export— Subsection (a)(2) shall not apply if the removal, obliteration, tampering, or alteration— As used in this section, the term— “identification number”—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 98-547(H.R. 6257)1984-10-25
    Motor Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement Act of 1984
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 100-690(H.R. 5210)1988-11-18
    Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 102-519(H.R. 4542)1992-10-25
    Anti-Car Theft Act of 1992
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 103-272(H.R. 1758)1994-07-05
    To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to transportation, as subtitles II, III, and V-X of title 49, United States Code, "Transportation", and to make other technical improvements in the Code.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally