Is it illegal to destroy paper currency

[AccruedExpenditure]

???

 

[KarmaPolice]

in the US yes..dont know about other countries.

 

[aceofskies05]

i think anything over a quater

 

[Rock Hydra]

Hmm....question. Were you considering burning bills?

 

[Fenixgoon]

destruction of federal property FTL

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

I've been lighting my cigars with Franklins for decades and I've never been arrested.

 

[her209]

Is it illegal to stamp advertisements on bills?

 

[Slew Foot]

Ive been wiping my butt with McKinley's for years now

 

[tomywishbone]

Only if you are doing it in an attempt to profit or gain... so no, burn away.


Edit:Title 18 United States Code, Section 331

Whoever fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates, impairs, diminishes,
falsifies, scales, or lightens any of the coins coined at the mints of
the United States, or any foreign coins which are by law made current
or are in actual use or circulation as money within the United States; or

Whoever fraudulently possesses, passes, utters, publishes, or sells,
or attempts to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or brings into the
United States, any such coin, knowing the same to be altered, defaced,
mutilated, impaired, diminished, falsified, scaled, or lightened -
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five
years, or both

 

[Brainonska511]

Got some drug money you can't launder off?

 

[Mill]

Depends, but it would be considered stupid either way.

 

[Kirby]

Helping inflation?

 

[sixone]

The bills were numbered, huh?

Sucks to be you.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
I've been lighting my cigars with Franklins for decades and I've never been arrested.

You too?

 

[Vegitto]

Originally posted by: tomywishbone
Only if you are doing it in an attempt to profit or gain... so no, burn away.


Edit:Title 18 United States Code, Section 331

Whoever fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates, impairs, diminishes,
falsifies, scales, or lightens any of the coins coined at the mints of
the United States, or any foreign coins which are by law made current
or are in actual use or circulation as money within the United States; or

Whoever fraudulently possesses, passes, utters, publishes, or sells,
or attempts to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or brings into the
United States, any such coin, knowing the same to be altered, defaced,
mutilated, impaired, diminished, falsified, scaled, or lightened -
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five
years, or both

So you can't burn Mexican currency then, huh?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: KarmaPolice
in the US yes..dont know about other countries.

Damn, guess I can't use $100 to light my cigars anymore...

 

[FDF12389]

Just send them to me, Ill burn them for you, wouldnt want to see you go to jail.

 

[pontifex]

send it to me if you don't want it. don't burn it for fvck's sake