18 U.S.C. § 541
Entry of goods falsely classified
Whoever knowingly effects any entry of goods, wares, or merchandise, at less than the true weight or measure thereof, or upon a false classification as to quality or value, or by the payment of less than the amount of duty legally due, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 55
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1913–2026 · leading case: United States v. Jerome
United States v. Jerome (1942)
“This "definition" is more accurately a classification of crimes, along the usual lines of distinction between felonies and misdemeanors, found in 18 U. S.C.A. § 541: "All offenses which may be punished by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year shall be deemed…”
Estep v. United States (1946)
“" Criminal Code § 335, 18 U.S.C. § 541 . [13] California: § 2600 of the Penal Code provides that a sentence of imprisonment for less than life suspends all civil rights and forfeits all public offices and private trusts, authority, or power during the imprisonment.”
Scaffidi v. United States (1930)
“The offense was a felony according to the provisions of section 335 of the federal Penal Code (18 USCA § 541) which provides that: "All offenses which may be punished by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, shall be deemed felonies.”
Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCann (1943)
“§ 335 of the Criminal Code, 18 U.S.C. § 541 . [3] The ruling of the <a href="/opinion/101558/patton-v-united-states/" aria-description="Citation for case: Patton v.”
United States v. Antonio O. Godinez, Dantzler Lumber & Export Co. (1991)
“PECK, Senior Circuit Judge: Appellants appeal from their jury convictions for falsely classifying imported goods in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 541 and making false statements in connection with imported goods in violation of 18 U.”
Fiswick v. United States (1946)
“” Criminal Code §335,18U.S.C.§ 541. 10 Thus Mo.”
Jerome v. United States (1943)
“Criminal Code § 335, 18 U. S. C. § 541 . Hence we need not look elsewhere for the meaning of the term.”
United States v. Tom E. Tiler, Roy Y. Sakai and Ty-Sak Agencies, Ltd. (1979)
“The next six counts charged knowing effectuation of entry of goods at an improperly low tariff in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 541 , with a total of about $67,000 in illegally avoided import duties.”
Kempe v. United States (1945)
“18 U.S.C.A. § 541 . They are not infamous within the meaning of the Fifth Amendment and could be prosecuted on information.”
Lott v. United States (1913)
“does not differ in its essential features from the ordinary state statutes prohibit *112 ing the sale of intoxicating liquors, except in the fact that it provides for punishment in the penitentiary for a term not to exceed two years, and therefore, under section 335 of the new…”
United States v. Strickland (1945)
“§ 88 , Criminal Code, § 37; 18 U.S.C.A. § 541 . It is provided by Ration Order 5C, Section 1394.”
Dwyer v. First National Bank (In Re O'Brien) (2009)
“See 18 U.S.C. § 541 . Specifically excluded from the bankruptcy estate is “[pjroperty in which the debtor holds, as of the commencement of the case, only legal title and not an equitable interest.”
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