{"data":{"id":"us/18-u.s.c.-471","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"18 U.S.C. § 471","heading":"Obligations or securities of United States","body":"Whoever, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, forges, counterfeits, or alters any obligation or other security of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.","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":"59266ee12ac6aa07ed3b43cc56f796f0703df5d237e25cb70e412acf5609a917","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/18-u.s.c.-470","next":"us/18-u.s.c.-472"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}