Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I · Chapter 31 — Embezzlement and Theft
§ 662. Receiving stolen property within special maritime and territorial jurisdiction
Statutory text
Whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, buys, receives, or conceals any money, goods, bank notes, or other thing which may be the subject of larceny, which has been feloniously taken, stolen, or embezzled, from any other person, knowing the same to have been so taken, stolen, or embezzled, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; but if the amount or value of thing so taken, stolen or embezzled does not exceed $1,000, he shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, 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. § 662
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 731
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 731Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
Pub. L. 103–322 title XXXIII § 330016(1)(H) · 108 Stat. 1796
Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 662
Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000” in two places
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000” in two places.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(H) in sections 81, 210, 211, 215, 217, 242, 245, 291, 292, 439, 442, 480, 483, 484, 490, 491, 494, 495, 503, 507, 510, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 599, 604, 605, 641, 643, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 661, 662, 665, 712, 751, 752, 756, 795, 796, 797, 836, 844, 871, 875, 876, 877, 879, 911, 912, 913, 924, 957, 959, 961, 1003, 1012, 1021, 1025, 1026, 1071, 1112, 1163, 1262, 1263, 1264, 1301, 1302, 1304, 1306, 1341, 1342, 1343, 1361, 1363, 1384, 1504, 1508, 1509, 1657, 1705, 1706, 1707, 1711, 1715, 1716, 1733, 1738, 1761, 1762, 2276, 2277, 2278, 2382, and 2389 by striking “not more than $1,000” each place it appears and inserting “under this title”;Economic Espionage Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104–294 title VI § 606(a) · 110 Stat. 3488
Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 662
Pub. L. 104–294 substituted “$1,000” for “$100”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 104–294 substituted “$1,000” for “$100”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Sections 215, 288, 641, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 661, 662, 665, 872, 1003, 1025, 1163, 1361, 1707, 1711, and 2113 of title 18, United States Code, are amended by striking “$100” each place it appears and inserting “$1,000”.
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., § 467 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 288, 35 Stat. 1145).
Same language was inserted as in section 661 of this title for the same reason.
Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative.
The smaller punishment for an offense involving $100 or less was added. (See reviser’s notes under sections 641 and 645 of this title.)
This accords with the recommendation of United States Attorney P. F. Herrick of Puerto Rico.
Language as to order of trial was omitted and incorporated in section 3435 of this title.
Editorial Notes
Amendments1994–1996 · 2 rounds
1996
Pub. L. 104–294 substituted “$1,000” for “$100”.
1994
Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000” in two places.
Credits
1948–1996 · 3 acts
- 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 731
- 1994Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), , 108 Stat. 2147
- 1996Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 606(a), , 110 Stat. 3511.
Show as published
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 731; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), , 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 606(a), , 110 Stat. 3511.)