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18 USC § 3284 - Concealment of bankrupt’s assets

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s3284"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "18 USC § 3284 - Concealment of bankrupt’s assets"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "3284"
section_name: "Concealment of bankrupt’s assets"
chapter_number: 213
chapter_name: "LIMITATIONS"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
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. 828; Pub. L. 95–598, title III, § 314(k), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2678.)"
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# § 3284. Concealment of bankrupt’s assets

The concealment of assets of a debtor in a case under title 11 shall be deemed to be a continuing offense until the debtor shall have been finally discharged or a discharge denied, and the period of limitations shall not begin to run until such final discharge or denial of discharge.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 828; Pub. L. 95–598, title III, § 314(k), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2678.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on , U.S.C., 1940 ed., Bankruptcy (, ; , ).

The 3-year-limitation provision was omitted as unnecessary in view of the general statute, .

The words “or a discharge denied” and “or denial of discharge” were added on the recommendation of the Department of Justice to supply an omission in existing law.

Other subsections of said , U.S.C., 1940 ed., are incorporated in sections 151–154 and 3057 of this title.

Other minor changes of phraseology were made.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1978— substituted “debtor in a case under title 11” for “bankrupt or other debtor”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as an Effective Date note preceding , Bankruptcy.

### Savings Provision

Amendment by  not to affect the application of chapter 9 (§ 151 et seq.), chapter 96 (§ 1961 et seq.), or section 2516, 3057, or 3284 of this title to any act of any person (1) committed before , or (2) committed after , in connection with a case commenced before such date, see , set out as a note preceding , Bankruptcy.