---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 C.F.R. § 601.5"
title: "31"
number: "601.5"
heading: "Penalty for Unauthorized Control or Possession."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/601.5"
---

# §601.5. Penalty for Unauthorized Control or Possession.

- (a) Control or possession of distinctive paper and/or distinctive counterfeit deterrents adopted in §§ [601.3](/cfr/31/601.3.md) and [601.4](/cfr/31/601.4.md) require authorization by the Secretary of the Treasury.
- (b) The penalty for unauthorized control and/or possession of distinctive paper and/or distinctive counterfeit deterrents adopted in §§ [601.3](/cfr/31/601.3.md) and [601.4](/cfr/31/601.4.md) is found at [18 U.S.C. 474A](/usc/18/474A.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 12 U.S.C. 418, 421; 18 U.S.C. 474A; 31 U.S.C. 321.

### Source

Source: 88 FR 43063, July 6, 2023, unless otherwise noted.