18 USC § 3293 - Financial institution offenses

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s3293"
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title: "18 USC § 3293 - Financial institution offenses"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "3293"
section_name: "Financial institution offenses"
chapter_number: 213
chapter_name: "LIMITATIONS"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 101–73, title IX, § 961(l)(1), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 501; amended Pub. L. 101–647, title XXV, § 2505(a), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4862; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, § 320604(b), title XXXIII, § 330002(e), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2119, 2140.)"
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# § 3293. Financial institution offenses

No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for a violation of, or a conspiracy to violate—

**(1)** section 215, 656, 657, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1014, 1033, or 1344;

**(2)** section 1341 or 1343, if the offense affects a financial institution; or

**(3)** section 1963, to the extent that the racketeering activity involves a violation of section 1344;

unless the indictment is returned or the information is filed within 10 years after the commission of the offense.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 101–73, title IX, § 961(*l*)(1), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 501; amended Pub. L. 101–647, title XXV, § 2505(a), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4862; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, § 320604(b), title XXXIII, § 330002(e), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2119, 2140.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994—Par. (1).  struck out “1008,” after “1007,” and inserted “1033,” after “1014,”.

1990—Par. (3).  added par. (3).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

> “The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to any offense committed before the date of the enactment of this section [
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> ], if the statute of limitations applicable to that offense had not run as of such date.”

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### Effect of This Section on Offenses for Which Prior Period of Limitations Had Not Run

> “The amendments made by this subsection [enacting this section] shall apply to an offense committed before the effective date of this section [
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> ], if the statute of limitations applicable to that offense under this chapter had not run as of such date.”

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