18 USC § 667 - Theft of livestock

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s667"
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title: "18 USC § 667 - Theft of livestock"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "667"
section_name: "Theft of livestock"
chapter_number: 31
chapter_name: "EMBEZZLEMENT AND THEFT"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "CRIMES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1111, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2149; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §§ 330009(b), 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2143, 2147.)"
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# § 667. Theft of livestock

section 2311 of this title

Whoever obtains or uses the property of another which has a value of $10,000 or more in connection with the marketing of livestock in interstate or foreign commerce with intent to deprive the other of a right to the property or a benefit of the property or to appropriate the property to his own use or the use of another shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. The term “livestock” has the meaning set forth in .

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1111, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2149; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §§ 330009(b), 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2143, 2147.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $10,000” and inserted at end “The term ‘livestock’ has the meaning set forth in .”