---
kind: "section"
citation: "52 U.S.C. § 30124"
title: "52"
title_heading: "Voting and Elections"
number: "30124"
heading: "Fraudulent misrepresentation of campaign authority"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/52/30124"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — Federal Campaign Finance"
  - "Chapter 301 — Federal Election Campaigns"
  - "Subchapter I — Disclosure of Federal Campaign Funds"
---

# §30124. Fraudulent misrepresentation of campaign authority

- (a) **In general—** No [person](/usc/52/30101.md?p=11) who is a [candidate](/usc/52/30101.md?p=2) for [Federal office](/usc/52/30101.md?p=3) or an employee or agent of such a [candidate](/usc/52/30101.md?p=2) shall—
  - (1) fraudulently misrepresent himself or any committee or organization under his control as speaking or writing or otherwise acting for or on behalf of any other [candidate](/usc/52/30101.md?p=2) or [political party](/usc/52/30101.md?p=16) or employee or agent thereof on a matter which is damaging to such other [candidate](/usc/52/30101.md?p=2) or [political party](/usc/52/30101.md?p=16) or employee or agent thereof; or
  - (2) willfully and knowingly participate in or conspire to participate in any plan, scheme, or design to violate [paragraph (1)](#a-1).
- (b) **Fraudulent solicitation of funds—** No [person](/usc/52/30101.md?p=11) shall—
  - (1) fraudulently misrepresent the [person](/usc/52/30101.md?p=11) as speaking, writing, or otherwise acting for or on behalf of any [candidate](/usc/52/30101.md?p=2) or [political party](/usc/52/30101.md?p=16) or employee or agent thereof for the purpose of soliciting [contributions](/usc/52/30101.md?p=8-A) or donations; or
  - (2) willfully and knowingly participate in or conspire to participate in any plan, scheme, or design to violate [paragraph (1)](#b-1).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 92–225, title III, § 322, formerly § 327, as added Pub. L. 94–283, title I, § 112(2), May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 494; renumbered § 322, Pub. L. 96–187, title I, § 105(5), Jan. 8, 1980, 93 Stat. 1354; amended Pub. L. 107–155, title III, § 309, Mar. 27, 2002, 116 Stat. 104.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 322 of Pub. L. 92–225 was renumbered section 317, and is classified to section 30119 of this title.

### Amendments

2002—Pub. L. 107–155 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2002 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 107–155 effective Nov. 6, 2002, see section 402 of Pub. L. 107–155, set out as an Effective Date of 2002 Amendment; Regulations note under section 30101 of this title.