Nope. Must be your ISP or 'news' service.
Dan Mitchell ==========
Art Marsh wrote:
> > > Just do not let a federal, state, or local law enforcement official know
> > > as it IS illegal to intentionally do so as is cutting the bill in half,
> > > quarters, etc.
> >
> > Citation, please? (You can destroy/deface all the money you care to, as
> > long as it's yours. It becomes illegal if you attempt to use the result
> > fraudulently.)
>
> John,
>
> I meant this to be a humorous reply to the poster ahead of me... >
> Sorry to disappoint you but it has been illegal for the 40 years that I have
> known about it and a whole lot longer I suspect.
>
> I refer you to the official web site for the US Bureau of Engraving and
> Printing and Defacement of Currency page. The operative words are "with
> intent to render such item(s) unfit to be reissued." Fraudulent usage comes
> under another statute.
>
>
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> Defacement of currency is a violation of Title 18, Section 333 of the United
> States Code. Under this provision, currency defacement is generally defined
> as follows: Whoever mutilates, cuts, disfigures, perforates, unites or
> cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or
> other evidence of debt issued by any national banking association, Federal
> Reserve Bank, or Federal Reserve System, with intent to render such item(s)
> unfit to be reissued, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not
> more than six months, or both.
>
> Defacement of currency in such a way that it is made unfit for circulation
> comes under the jurisdiction of the United States Secret Service. Their
> mailing address is:
> United States Secret Service
> 950 H Street, NW
> Washington, DC 20223.
>
> The United States Secret Service web address is
>
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