{"data":{"id":"us/18-u.s.c.-470","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"18 U.S.C. § 470","heading":"Counterfeit acts committed outside the United States","body":"A person who, outside the United States, engages in the act of—(1) making, dealing, or possessing any counterfeit obligation or other security of the United States; or (2) making, dealing, or possessing any plate, stone, analog, digital, or electronic image, or other thing, or any part thereof, used to counterfeit such obligation or security, if such act would constitute a violation of section 471, 473, or 474 if committed within the United States, shall be punished as is provided for the like offense within the United States.","path":["Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 25—COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc18@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:53Z","sha256":"294d1dbef6644f61a197fffe2681921de64deea1e72339364042d7addc37b428","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/18-u.s.c.-443","next":"us/18-u.s.c.-471"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}