18 USC § 3291 - Nationality, citizenship and passports

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s3291"
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title: "18 USC § 3291 - Nationality, citizenship and passports"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "3291"
section_name: "Nationality, citizenship and passports"
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: "(Added June 30, 1951, ch. 194, § 1, 65 Stat. 107; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330008(9), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2143.)"
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# § 3291. Nationality, citizenship and passports

No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for violation of any provision of sections 1423 to 1428, inclusive, of chapter 69 and sections 1541 to 1544, inclusive, of chapter 75 of title 18 of the United States Code, or for conspiracy to violate any of such sections, unless the indictment is found or the information is instituted within ten years after the commission of the offense.

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**Source Credit**: (Added June 30, 1951, ch. 194, § 1, 65 Stat. 107; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330008(9), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2143.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— substituted “violate any of such sections” for “violate any of the afore-mentioned sections”.