Restricted Materials
Identification Documents
The term "identification document", as defined by the
False Identification Crime Control Act of 1982, includes documents
made or issued by or under the authority of the United States
Government, a State, a political subdivision of a State, a foreign
government,
or a political subdivision of a foreign government. Included
are driver's licenses, birth certificates, Social Security cards,
government-issued
personal identification cards, etc.
Among the activities prohibited by the False Identification Crime Control Act
are the following:
- Production or transfer of false governmental identification
documents. The term "production" includes alteration,
assembling or authentication. Note: for the purposes of Trinity's
policy, "production" also refers to the act of
scanning or otherwise digitizing a governmental identification
document.
- Possession of any false governmental identification documents.
- Possession of one governmental identification document with
the intent to defraud the United States.
- Possession of one false United States identification document
that was stolen, altered, or produced without lawful
authority.
U.S. and Foreign Currency
Reproductions of United States or foreign currency are permissible
only for certain purposes (including educational), and only if the
following conditions are met:
- The reproduction must be one sided.
- The size of the reproduction must be less that three-quarters
or greater than one-and-one-half times the size, in linear
dimension, of each part of the original item; and
- All negatives, digitized storage medium, graphic files, magnetic
or optical media, and any other thing used in the illustration
that contain an image of the illustration or any part
thereof shall be destroyed and/or deleted or erased after their
final
use.
U.S. and Foreign Stamps
Printed illustrations of United States and foreign stamps are permissible
for any non-fraudulent purpose, but must meet the following restrictions:
- Black-and-white illustrations of uncanceled United States and
foreign postage stamps are permissible in any size.
- Color illustrations of uncanceled United States and foreign
postage stamps must be less than three-quarters or greater
than one-and one-half times the size of the genuine stamp.
- Canceled United States and foreign postage stamps may be of
any size whether the illustrations are in color or in
black-and-white. (Canceled U.S. and foreign postage stamps must
bear an official
cancellation mark, i.e. the stamps must have been used
for postage.)
- Printed illustrations of United States and foreign revenue
stamps are permissible in black-and-white only. There are
no size restriction
for revenue stamps.
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