§ 2317
Sale or receipt of livestock
Official text prohibited actmental stateif conditionpenaltylegal term
Whoever receives, conceals, stores, barters, buys, sells, or disposes of any livestock, moving in or constituting a part of , knowing the same to have been stolen, shall be or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
History: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 807 (PDF, 39 MB); Pub. L. 98–473, title II, §1114, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2149 (PDF, 62 MB); Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147 (PDF, 52 MB).)
Simplified explanation
It is a federal crime to receive, hide, store, trade, buy, or sell stolen livestock that is moving in or part of trade between states or countries, while knowing it was stolen.