Whoever transports in interstate or foreign commerce a motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft, knowing the same to have been stolen, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
June 25, 1948, ch. 64562 Stat. 806Pub. L. 102–519, title I, § 103106 Stat. 3385Pub. L. 109–177, title III, § 307(b)(2)(A)120 Stat. 240(, ; , , ; , , .)
Historical and Revision Notes
Oct. 29, 1919, ch. 8941 Stat. 324Sept. 24, 1945, ch. 38359 Stat. 536Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 408 (, §§ 1, 3, 5, , 325; , §§ 2, 3, ).
The first sentence of said section 408, providing the short title “An Act to punish the transportation of stolen motor vehicles or aircraft in interstate or foreign commerce,” and derived from section 1 of said act of , as amended, was omitted as not appropriate in a revision.
section 408 of title 18Definitions of “aircraft,” “motor vehicle,” and “interstate or foreign commerce,” which constituted the second sentence of said , U.S.C., 1940 ed., and were derived from section 2 of said act of , as amended, are incorporated in sections 10 and 2311 of this title.
section 4 of the act of October 29, 1919section 2313 of this titleProvision relating to receiving or selling stolen aircraft or motor vehicles, which was derived from , as amended, is incorporated in .
section 5 of the act of October 29, 1919section 3237 of this titleVenue provision, which was derived from , was omitted as unnecessary, being covered by .
section 2 of this titleReference to persons causing or procuring was omitted as unnecessary in view of definition of “principal” in .
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 109–1772006— substituted “motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft” for “motor vehicle or aircraft”.
Pub. L. 102–5191992— substituted “fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years” for “fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years”.