18 U.S.C. § 2313 - Sale or receipt of stolen vehicles

• Cite as: 18 U.S.C. § 2313

(a) Whoever receives, possesses, conceals, stores, barters, sells, or disposes of any motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft, which has crossed a State or United States boundary after being stolen, knowing the same to have been stolen, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.

(b) For purposes of this section, the term "State" includes a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.

Cite as 18 U.S.C. § 2313

Source: June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 806; Pub. L. 98-547, title II, §203, Oct. 25, 1984, 98 Stat. 2770; Pub. L. 101-647, title XII, §1205(l), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4831; Pub. L. 102-519, title I, §103, Oct. 25, 1992, 106 Stat. 3385; Pub. L. 109-177, title III, §307(b)(2)(B), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 240.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 5/22/2023

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §408 (Oct. 29, 1919, ch. 89, §4, 41 Stat. 325; Sept. 24, 1945, ch. 383, §§2, 3, 59 Stat. 536).

Section constitutes the fourth sentence of said section 408 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed.

Definitions of "aircraft," "motor vehicle," and "interstate or foreign commerce," which constituted the second sentence of said section 408, are incorporated in sections 10 and 2311 of this title.