---
kind: "unit"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
key: "ptI/ch25"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 25"
heading: "Counterfeiting and Forgery"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/ptI-ch25"
sections_count: 47
---

# Chapter 25 — Counterfeiting and Forgery

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

## Sections

- [§470. Counterfeit acts committed outside the United States](/usc/18/470.md)
- [§471. Obligations or securities of United States](/usc/18/471.md)
- [§472. Uttering counterfeit obligations or securities](/usc/18/472.md)
- [§473. Dealing in counterfeit obligations or securities](/usc/18/473.md)
- [§474. Plates, stones, or analog, digital, or electronic images for counterfeiting obligations or securities](/usc/18/474.md)
- [§474A. Deterrents to counterfeiting of obligations and securities](/usc/18/474A.md)
- [§475. Imitating obligations or securities; advertisements](/usc/18/475.md)
- [§476. Taking impressions of tools used for obligations or securities](/usc/18/476.md)
- [§477. Possessing or selling impressions of tools used for obligations or securities](/usc/18/477.md)
- [§478. Foreign obligations or securities](/usc/18/478.md)
- [§479. Uttering counterfeit foreign obligations or securities](/usc/18/479.md)
- [§480. Possessing counterfeit foreign obligations or securities](/usc/18/480.md)
- [§481. Plates, stones, or analog, digital, or electronic images for counterfeiting foreign obligations or securities](/usc/18/481.md)
- [§482. Foreign bank notes](/usc/18/482.md)
- [§483. Uttering counterfeit foreign bank notes](/usc/18/483.md)
- [§484. Connecting parts of different notes](/usc/18/484.md)
- [§485. Coins or bars](/usc/18/485.md)
- [§486. Uttering coins of gold, silver or other metal](/usc/18/486.md)
- [§487. Making or possessing counterfeit dies for coins](/usc/18/487.md)
- [§488. Making or possessing counterfeit dies for foreign coins](/usc/18/488.md)
- [§489. Making or possessing likeness of coins](/usc/18/489.md)
- [§490. Minor coins](/usc/18/490.md)
- [§491. Tokens or paper used as money](/usc/18/491.md)
- [§492. Forfeiture of counterfeit paraphernalia](/usc/18/492.md)
- [§493. Bonds and obligations of certain lending agencies](/usc/18/493.md)
- [§494. Contractors’ bonds, bids, and public records](/usc/18/494.md)
- [§495. Contracts, deeds, and powers of attorney](/usc/18/495.md)
- [§496. Customs matters](/usc/18/496.md)
- [§497. Letters patent](/usc/18/497.md)
- [§498. Military or naval discharge certificates](/usc/18/498.md)
- [§499. Military, naval, or official passes](/usc/18/499.md)
- [§500. Money orders](/usc/18/500.md)
- [§501. Postage stamps, postage meter stamps, and postal cards](/usc/18/501.md)
- [§502. Postage and revenue stamps of foreign governments](/usc/18/502.md)
- [§503. Postmarking stamps](/usc/18/503.md)
- [§504. Printing and filming of United States and foreign obligations and securities](/usc/18/504.md)
- [§505. Seals of courts; signatures of judges or court officers](/usc/18/505.md)
- [§506. Seals of departments or agencies](/usc/18/506.md)
- [§507. Ship’s papers](/usc/18/507.md)
- [§508. Transportation requests of Government](/usc/18/508.md)
- [§509. Possessing and making plates or stones for Government transportation requests](/usc/18/509.md)
- [§510. Forging endorsements on Treasury checks or bonds or securities of the United States](/usc/18/510.md)
- [§511. Altering or removing motor vehicle identification numbers](/usc/18/511.md)
- [§511A. Repealed.](/usc/18/511A.md)
- [§512. Forfeiture of certain motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts](/usc/18/512.md)
- [§513. Securities of the States and private entities](/usc/18/513.md)
- [§514. Fictitious obligations](/usc/18/514.md)