18 USC § 2317 - Sale or receipt of livestock

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s2317"
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title: "18 USC § 2317 - Sale or receipt of livestock"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "2317"
section_name: "Sale or receipt of livestock"
chapter_number: 113
chapter_name: "STOLEN PROPERTY"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "CRIMES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 807; Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1114, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2149; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)"
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# § 2317. Sale or receipt of livestock

Whoever receives, conceals, stores, barters, buys, sells, or disposes of any livestock, moving in or constituting a part of interstate or foreign commerce, knowing the same to have been stolen, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 807; Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1114, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2149; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 419c, 419d (, §§ 4, 5, ).

Definitions of “cattle” and “interstate or foreign commerce”, contained in , U.S.C., 1940 ed., are incorporated in sections 10 and 2311 of this title.

Venue provision of said , U.S.C., 1940 ed., was omitted as completely covered by .

Minor changes were made in phraseology.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $5,000”.

1984— substituted “livestock” for “cattle” in section catchline and text.