Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I · Chapter 113 — Stolen Property
§ 2312. Transportation of stolen vehicles
Statutory text
Whoever transports in interstate or foreign commerce a motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft, knowing the same to have been stolen, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 80–645 · 62 Stat. 683
Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 2312
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 806
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 806Anti Car Theft Act of 1992
Pub. L. 102–519 title I § 103 · 106 Stat. 3384
Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 2312
Pub. L. 102–519 substituted “fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years” for “fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 102–519 substituted “fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years” for “fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 103. TRAFFICKING IN STOLEN VEHICLES. Each of sections 2312 and 2313(a) of title 18, United States Code, are amended by striking “fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years” and inserting “fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years”.Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America’s Seaports Act of 2005
Pub. L. 109–177 title III § 307(b)(2)(A) · 120 Stat. 192
Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 2312
Pub. L. 109–177 substituted “motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft” for “motor vehicle or aircraft”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 109–177 substituted “motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft” for “motor vehicle or aircraft”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(A) Transportation.— Section 2312 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking “motor vehicle or aircraft” and inserting “motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft”.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 408 (Oct. 29, 1919, ch. 89, §§ 1, 3, 5, 41 Stat. 324, 325; Sept. 24, 1945, ch. 383, §§ 2, 3, 59 Stat. 536).
The first sentence of said section 408, providing the short title “An Act to punish the transportation of stolen motor vehicles or aircraft in interstate or foreign commerce,” and derived from section 1 of said act of , as amended, was omitted as not appropriate in a revision.
Definitions of “aircraft,” “motor vehicle,” and “interstate or foreign commerce,” which constituted the second sentence of said section 408 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., and were derived from section 2 of said act of , as amended, are incorporated in sections 10 and 2311 of this title.
Provision relating to receiving or selling stolen aircraft or motor vehicles, which was derived from section 4 of the act of October 29, 1919, as amended, is incorporated in section 2313 of this title.
Venue provision, which was derived from section 5 of the act of October 29, 1919, was omitted as unnecessary, being covered by section 3237 of this title.
Reference to persons causing or procuring was omitted as unnecessary in view of definition of “principal” in section 2 of this title.
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
Editorial Notes
Amendments1992–2006 · 2 rounds
2006
Pub. L. 109–177 substituted “motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft” for “motor vehicle or aircraft”.
1992
Pub. L. 102–519 substituted “fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years” for “fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years”.
Credits
1948–2006 · 3 acts
- 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 806
- 1992Pub. L. 102–519, title I, § 103, , 106 Stat. 3385
- 2006Pub. L. 109–177, title III, § 307(b)(2)(A), , 120 Stat. 240.
Show as published
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 806; Pub. L. 102–519, title I, § 103, , 106 Stat. 3385; Pub. L. 109–177, title III, § 307(b)(2)(A), , 120 Stat. 240.)