Government seals wrongfully used and instruments wrongfully sealed
United States Code
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- 2024Ulbin v. FedEx Ship Center D.R.I.
- 2023Collier v. Robertsons S.D. Cal.
- 2021Ryan v. Alzaim D. Mass.
- 2019United States v. Veronica Perdomo 4th Cir.
- 2015United States v. Godfrey 1st Cir.
- 2015United States v. Hillman 7th Cir.
- 2011United States v. Goodyke 8th Cir.
- 1992Epperly v. United States 9th Cir.
- 1981United States v. Heldt D.C. Cir.
- 1979United States v. Hubbard D.D.C.
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Whoever fraudulently or wrongfully affixes or impresses the seal of any department or agency of the United States, to or upon any certificate, instrument, commission, document, or paper or with knowledge of its fraudulent character, with wrongful or fraudulent intent, uses, buys, procures, sells, or transfers to another any such certificate, instrument, commission, document, or paper, to which or upon which said seal has been so fraudulently affixed or impressed, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (Source: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 753; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.))