18 U.S.C. § 15
Section 15 · Obligation or other security of foreign government defined
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 17 court decisions — leading case Harling v. United States (1961)
Most recently applied in United States v. Moyhernandez (July 2021)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The provisions of this Act shall become effective upon the date of the enactment of this Act, but shall not apply to any prosecution in which an indictment or information was filed before such date.
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References in Text
The date of the enactment of this Act, referred to in text, means Oct. 15, 1980.