50 U.S.C. § 856
Section 856 · Continuing offense
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case United States v. Reitmeyer (2004)
Most recently applied in United States v. Mubayyid (July 2008)
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.
Failure to file a registration statement as required by this subchapter is a continuing offense for as long as such failure exists, notwithstanding any statute of limitation or other statute to the contrary.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of the Internal Security Act of 1950 which comprises subchapters I to III of this chapter.
Cross References
Period of limitations upon non-capital offenses, see section 3282 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.