{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s19","title_num":"18","num":"§ 19.","heading":"Petty offense defined","status":null,"guid":"id499cc4d1-1502-11ea-a7ab-ce74b30bc1a1","source_credit":"(Added Pub. L. 100–185, § 4(a), Dec. 11, 1987, 101 Stat. 1279; amended Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7089(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4409.)","seq_in_title":18,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch1","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI","level":"part","num":"PART I—","heading":"CRIMES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch1","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 1—","heading":"GENERAL PROVISIONS","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"idd327f476-b211-11e9-bc44-d051d0f40dfd\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s19\"><num value=\"19\">§ 19.</num><heading> Petty offense defined</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">As used in this title, the term “petty offense” means a Class B misdemeanor, a Class C misdemeanor, or an infraction, for which the maximum fine is no greater than the amount set forth for such an offense in section 3571(b)(6) or (7) in the case of an individual or section 3571(c)(6) or (7) in the case of an organization.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"idd327f477-b211-11e9-bc44-d051d0f40dfd\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/100/185/s4/a\">Pub. L. 100–185, § 4(a)</ref>, <date date=\"1987-12-11\">Dec. 11, 1987</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/101/1279\">101 Stat. 1279</ref>; amended <ref href=\"/us/pl/100/690/tVII/s7089/a\">Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7089(a)</ref>, <date date=\"1988-11-18\">Nov. 18, 1988</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/102/4409\">102 Stat. 4409</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"idd327f478-b211-11e9-bc44-d051d0f40dfd\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"idd327f479-b211-11e9-bc44-d051d0f40dfd\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">1988—<ref href=\"/us/pl/100/690\">Pub. L. 100–690</ref> inserted “, for which the maximum fine is no greater than the amount set forth for such an offense in section 3571(b)(6) or (7) in the case of an individual or section 3571(c)(6) or (7) in the case of an organization” after “infraction”.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-72","currency_date":"2019-11-25","congress":116,"law_num":72,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":189,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["05","15","18","26","31","34","42","50"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-72","currency_date":"2019-11-25","congress":116,"law_num":72,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":189,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["05","15","18","26","31","34","42","50"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-33","currency_date":"2019-07-25","congress":116,"law_num":33,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":178,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["12","18","26","28","34","38","40","44"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}