---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 U.S.C. § 864"
title: "21"
title_heading: "Food and Drugs"
number: "864"
heading: "Anhydrous ammonia"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/21/864"
units:
  - "Chapter 13 — Drug Abuse Prevention and Control"
  - "Subchapter I — Control and Enforcement"
  - "Part D — Offenses and Penalties"
---

# §864. Anhydrous ammonia

- (a) It is unlawful for any person—
  - (1) to steal anhydrous ammonia, or
  - (2) to transport stolen anhydrous ammonia across State lines,

  knowing, intending, or having reasonable cause to believe that such anhydrous ammonia will be used to manufacture a controlled substance in violation of this part.

- (b) Any person who violates [subsection (a)](#a) shall be imprisoned or fined, or both, in accordance with [section 843(d) of this title](/usc/21/843.md?p=d) as if such violation were a violation of a provision of [section 843 of this title](/usc/21/843.md).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 423, as added Pub. L. 106–310, div. B, title XXXVI, § 3653(a), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1240.)