---
kind: "section"
citation: "52 U.S.C. § 30122"
title: "52"
title_heading: "Voting and Elections"
number: "30122"
heading: "Contributions in name of another prohibited"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/52/30122"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — Federal Campaign Finance"
  - "Chapter 301 — Federal Election Campaigns"
  - "Subchapter I — Disclosure of Federal Campaign Funds"
---

# §30122. Contributions in name of another prohibited


No [person](/usc/52/30101.md?p=11) shall make a [contribution](/usc/52/30101.md?p=8-A) in the name of another [person](/usc/52/30101.md?p=11) or knowingly permit his name to be used to effect such a [contribution](/usc/52/30101.md?p=8-A), and no [person](/usc/52/30101.md?p=11) shall knowingly accept a [contribution](/usc/52/30101.md?p=8-A) made by one [person](/usc/52/30101.md?p=11) in the name of another [person](/usc/52/30101.md?p=11).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 92–225, title III, § 320, formerly § 325, as added Pub. L. 94–283, title I, § 112(2), May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 494; renumbered § 320, Pub. L. 96–187, title I, § 105(5), Jan. 8, 1980, 93 Stat. 1354.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 441f of Title 2, The Congress, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 320 of Pub. L. 92–225 was renumbered section 315, and is classified to section 30116 of this title.

Another prior section 320 of Pub. L. 92–225 was classified to section 441 of Title 2, The Congress, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 94–283.

Another prior section 320 of Pub. L. 92–225 was renumbered section 314, and is classified to section 30115 of this title.