18 U.S.C. § 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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 29
cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1952–2026 · leading case: United States v. Wells, 519 U.S. 482 (1997).
United States v. Wells, 519 U.S. 482 (1997). “§ 1015 (penalizing false statement in naturalization proceeding); 18 U. S. C. § 1018 (penalizing public official who knowingly falsifies official certificate or writing); 18 U.”
United States v. Michael E. Gaudin, 28 F.3d 943 (9th Cir. 1994). “§ 1015 (penalizing false statement in naturalization proceeding); 18 U.S.C. § 1018 (penalizing public official who knowingly falsifies official certificate or writing); 18 U.”
Cooper v. Fed. Aviation Admin., 622 F.3d 1016 (9th Cir. 2010). “In 2006, he pleaded guilty to one count of making and delivering a false official writing, a misdemeanor under 18 U.S.C. § 1018 . He was sentenced to two years of probation and fined $1,000.”
In Re Hijazi, 589 F.3d 401 (7th Cir. 2009). “On March 24, 2009, the government and Mazon entered into a plea agreement whereby Mazon agreed to plead guilty to a single misdemeanor count of making a writing containing a false statement, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1018 . For its part, the government agreed to dismiss all…”
Johnson v. United States, 411 F. App'x 303 (Fed. Cir. 2010). “§ 2674 ; fraud pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1018 (official certificates and writings); false imprisonment; criminal conspiracy to affirm unconstitutional convictions in violation of 18 U.”
In re Fleetboston Fin. Corp. Sec. Litig., 253 F.R.D. 315 (D.N.J. 2008). “The false Contract modification eventually gave rise to criminal prosecution of MW, under 18 U.S.C. § 1018 (the offense known as “Causing an Official to Make a False Writing”).”
UNITED STATES of Am., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Antonio M. ANGOTTI, Defendant-Appellant, 105 F.3d 539 (9th Cir. 1997). “However, the majority cites no authority — Ninth Circuit or otherwise — for the proposition that fraudulent statements intended to influence an “institution the accounts of which are [federally] insured,” see 18 U.”
Delaney v. United States, 199 F.2d 107 (1st Cir. 1952). “The argument is sought to be strengthened by reference to 18 U.S.C. § 1018 (a broad criminal provision not applicable solely to revenue officials and imposing lesser penalties than 26 U.”
Rew Enter., Inc. As Receiver for Fed. Land Bank of Jackson v. Premier Bank, N.A., F/k/a Ouachita Nat'l Bank, Cross-Appellee, 49 F.3d 163 (5th Cir. 1995). “Bums was fired from the Monroe Association and later pleaded guilty to a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1018 in connection with his issuance of the letter of credit.”
Cooper v. Fed. Aviation Admin., 596 F.3d 538 (9th Cir. 2010). “In 2006, he pleaded guilty to one count of making and delivering a false official writing, a misdemeanor under 18 U.S.C. § 1018 . He was sentenced to two years of probation and fined $1,000.”
State Ex Rel. Couns. for Disc. of Neb. Supreme Court v. Swan, 764 N.W.2d 641 (Neb. 2009). “Swan pled guilty to a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1018 (2006), which reads as follows: § 1018.”
Andrews v. Am. Nat'l Red Cross, Inc., 176 F. Supp. 2d 673 (W.D. Tex. 2001). “ment Plaintiff sold to the Mazatlan Delegation constituted a donation; (4) making and delivering a false certificate or writing which declared that the request to Mexican authorities not to impose tariffs was being made pursuant to international treaties to which the United…”
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