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18 U.S.C. § 1660

Receipt of pirate property

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

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18 U.S.C. § 1660, Receipt of pirate property, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/449302
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Whoever, without lawful authority, receives or takes into custody any vessel, goods, or other property, feloniously taken by any robber or pirate against the laws of the United States, knowing the same to have been feloniously taken, shall be imprisoned not more than ten years.

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