31 U.S.C. § 5153
Counterfeit currency
United States · Title 31 — MONEY AND FINANCE · Status: effective
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- 31 U.S.C. § 5153, Counterfeit currency, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/467785
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Disbursing officials of the United States Government and officers of national banks shall stamp or mark the word “counterfeit”, “altered”, or “worthless” on counterfeit notes intended to circulate as currency that are presented to them. An official or officer wrongfully stamping or marking an item of genuine United States currency (including a Federal reserve note or a circulating note of Federal reserve banks and national banks) shall redeem the currency at face value when presented.
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.
- A bill to revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to money and finance, as title 31, United States Code, "Money and Finance".House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally