18 U.S.C. § 1541

Issuance without authority

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Whoever, acting or claiming to act in any office or capacity under the United States, or a State, without lawful authority grants, issues, or verifies any passport or other instrument in the nature of a passport to or for any person whomsoever; or

Whoever, being a consular officer authorized to grant, issue, or verify passports, knowingly and willfully grants, issues, or verifies any such passport to or for any person not owing allegiance, to the United States, whether a citizen or not—

Shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 25 years (if the offense was committed to facilitate an act of international terrorism (as defined in section 2331 of this title)), 20 years (if the offense was committed to facilitate a drug trafficking crime (as defined in section 929(a) of this title)), 10 years (in the case of the first or second such offense, if the offense was not committed to facilitate such an act of international terrorism or a drug trafficking crime), or 15 years (in the case of any other offense), or both.

For purposes of this section, the term “State” means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1987–2016 · leading case: United States v. Okuda

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United States v. Okuda (1987) hid · cites it 2× “Count 2 is the same charge contained in the complaint, use of a false visa in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1541 . Count 1 is for the somewhat different crime of false statement, 18 U.”

Varela-Fernandez v. Burgos (1999) prd “5 Title 18 U.S.C. § 1541 (emphasis added). Thus, respondent requests this Court issue a declaratory judgment pursuant to 28 U.”

Kurt W. Thompson and Kay Alyson Thompson v. Florida Wood Treaters, Inc. (2016) texapp “Virgin Island’s District Court As to the authority of the District Court to enter a final judgment, Congress established the jurisdiction of the District Court of the Virgin Islands in “The Revised Organic Act” (the “ROA”), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1541–1645. In 1984, Congress amended the…”

Inspector General Authority to Conduct Regulatory Investigations (1989) olc “§§ 1542-1546 (malfeasance or cnminal activity on the part of Department of State employees in obtain ing passports or visas for themselves or others) or whether he also could investigate “passport and visa fraud” under 18 U SC § 1541 (cnminal deceit in passport or visa…”

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