18 U.S.C. § 475
Imitating obligations or securities; advertisements
Whoever designs, engraves, prints, makes, or executes, or utters, issues, distributes, circulates, or uses any business or professional card, notice, placard, circular, handbill, or advertisement in the likeness or similitude of any obligation or security of the United States issued under or authorized by any Act of Congress or writes, prints, or otherwise impresses upon or attaches to any such instrument, obligation, or security, or any coin of the United States, any business or professional card, notice, or advertisement, or any notice or advertisement whatever, shall be fined under this title. Nothing in this section applies to evidence of postage payment approved by the United States Postal Service.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1983–2024 · leading case: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Giora ESHKOL, Defendant-Appellant
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Giora ESHKOL, Defendant-Appellant (1997)
“The district court was correct when it refused to dismiss the superseding indictment.”
In the Matter Of: The Hon. Stephen O. Callaghan, Judge-Elect of the 28th Circuit (2017)
“*532 Furthermore, one of Judge-elect Callaghan’s flyers contains a color photocopy of a $100 bill, which appears to be a violation of 18 U.S.C.A § 475, which prohibits using the likeness or similitude of any obligation of the United States in any notice, circular, handbill, or…”
United States v. Grimes (1983)
“§ 1708 ; forgery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 475 ; and aiding and abetting in violation of 18 U.”
In the Matter Of: The Hon. Stephen O. Callaghan, Judge-Elect of the 28th Circuit (2017)
“Furthermore, one of Judge-elect Callaghan’s flyers contains a color photocopy of a $100 bill, which appears to be a violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 475 , which prohibits using the likeness or similitude of any obligation of the United States in any notice, circular, handbill, or…”
Duell Family Trust v. Ford (2024)
“§ 472 , and 4 18 U.S.C. § 475 ). However, because private parties may not enforce criminal statutes 5 through a civil action, criminal statutes do not provide a basis for the exercise of federal 6 question jurisdiction over a civil case.”
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