22 CFR § 13.4 - False certificate as to ownership of property.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s13.4"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "22 CFR § 13.4 - False certificate as to ownership of property."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "13.4"
section_name: "False certificate as to ownership of property."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "PERSONNEL"
part_number: "13"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "22 U.S.C. 2651a; 22 U.S.C. 4198-4199, 4209, and 4217-4218."
regulatory_source: "22 FR 10789, Dec. 27, 1957, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "13"
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# 13.4 False certificate as to ownership of property.
If any consul of vice consul falsely and knowingly certifies that property belonging to foreigners is property belonging to citizens of the United States, he or she shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than three years, and by a fine of not more than $10,000 (22 U.S.C. 4218).
[22 FR 10789, Dec. 27, 1957, as amended by Dept. Reg. 108.838, 49 FR 16989, Apr. 23, 1984; 79 FR 43247, July 25, 2014]