---
kind: "unit"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
key: "ptI/ch15"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 15"
heading: "Claims and Services in Matters Affecting Government"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/ptI-ch15"
sections_count: 13
---

# Chapter 15 — Claims and Services in Matters Affecting Government

Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Part I — Crimes

## Sections

- [§281. Repealed.](/usc/18/281.md)
- [§282. Repealed.](/usc/18/282.md)
- [§283. Repealed.](/usc/18/283.md)
- [§284. Repealed.](/usc/18/284.md)
- [§285. Taking or using papers relating to claims](/usc/18/285.md)
- [§286. Conspiracy to defraud the Government with respect to claims](/usc/18/286.md)
- [§287. False, fictitious or fraudulent claims](/usc/18/287.md)
- [§288. False claims for postal losses](/usc/18/288.md)
- [§289. False claims for pensions](/usc/18/289.md)
- [§290. Discharge papers withheld by claim agent](/usc/18/290.md)
- [§291. Purchase of claims for fees by court officials](/usc/18/291.md)
- [§292. Solicitation of employment and receipt of unapproved fees concerning Federal employees’ compensation](/usc/18/292.md)
- [§293. Repealed.](/usc/18/293.md)