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18 U.S.C. § 2262 — Interstate violation of protection order
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**(a) Offenses.—**
(1) **Travel or conduct of offender.—** — A person who travels in interstate or foreign commerce, or enters or leaves Indian country or is present within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, with the intent to engage in conduct that violates the portion of a protection order that prohibits or provides protection against violence, threats, or harassment against, contact or communication with, or physical proximity to, another person or the pet, service animal, emotional support animal, or horse of that person, or that would violate such a portion of a protection order in the jurisdiction in which the order was issued, and subsequently engages in such conduct, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).
(2) **Causing travel of victim.—** — A person who causes another person to travel in interstate or foreign commerce or to enter or leave Indian country by force, coercion, duress, or fraud, and in the course of, as a result of, or to facilitate such conduct or travel engages in conduct that violates the portion of a protection order that prohibits or provides protection against violence, threats, or harassment against, contact or communication with, or physical proximity to, another person or the pet, service animal, emotional support animal, or horse of that person, or that would violate such a portion of a protection order in the jurisdiction in which the order was issued, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).
**(b) Penalties.—** A person who violates this section shall be fined under this title, imprisoned—
(1) for life or any term of years, if death of the victim results;
(2) for not more than 20 years if permanent disfigurement or life threatening bodily injury to the victim results;
(3) for n
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**(a) Offenses.—**
(1) **Travel or conduct of offender.—** — A person who travels in interstate or foreign commerce, or enters or leaves Indian country or is present within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, with the intent to engage in conduct that violates the portion of a protection order that prohibits or provides protection against violence, threats, or harassment against, contact or communication with, or physical proximity to, another person or the pet, service animal, emotional support animal, or horse of that person, or that would violate such a portion of a protection order in the jurisdiction in which the order was issued, and subsequently engages in such conduct, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).
(2) **Causing travel of victim.—** — A person who causes another person to travel in interstate or foreign commerce or to enter or leave Indian country by force, coercion, duress, or fraud, and in the course of, as a result of, or to facilitate such conduct or travel engages in conduct that violates the portion of a protection order that prohibits or provides protection against violence, threats, or harassment against, contact or communication with, or physical proximity to, another person or the pet, service animal, emotional support animal, or horse of that person, or that would violate such a portion of a protection order in the jurisdiction in which the order was issued, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).
**(b) Penalties.—** A person who violates this section shall be fined under this title, imprisoned—
(1) for life or any term of years, if death of the victim results;
(2) for not more than 20 years if permanent disfigurement or life threatening bodily injury to the victim results;
(3) for not more than 10 years, if serious bodily injury to the victim results or if the offender uses a dangerous weapon during the offense;
(4) as provided for the applicable conduct under chapter 109A if the offense would constitute an offense under chapter 109A (without regard to whether the offense was committed in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States or in a Federal prison); and
(5) for not more than 5 years, in any other case, including any case in which the offense is committed against a pet, service animal, emotional support animal, or horse,
or both fined and imprisoned.
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**(a) Offenses.—**
(1) **Travel or conduct of offender.—** — A person who travels in interstate or foreign commerce or enters or leaves Indian country or is present within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States with the intent to kill, injure, harass, or intimidate a spouse, intimate partner, or dating partner, and who, in the course of or as a result of such travel or presence, commits or attempts to commit a crime of violence against that spouse, intimate partner, or dating partner, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).
(2) **Causing travel of victim.—** — A person who causes a spouse, intimate partner, or dating partner to travel in interstate or foreign commerce or to enter or leave Indian country by force, coercion, duress, or fraud, and who, in the course of, as a result of, or to facilitate such conduct or travel, commits or attempts to commit a crime of violence against that spouse, intimate partner, or dating partner, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).
**(b) Penalties.—** A person who violates this section or section 2261A shall be fined under this title, imprisoned—
(1) for life or any term of years, if death of the victim results;
(2) for not more than 20 years if permanent disfigurement or life threatening bodily injury to the victim results;
(3) for not more than 10 years, if serious bodily injury to the victim results or if the offender uses a dangerous weapon during the offense;
(4) as provided for the applicable conduct under chapter 109A if the offense would constitute an offense under chapter 109A (without regard to whether the offense was committed in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States or in a Federal prison); and
(5) for not more than 5 years, in any
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 2261B
relating to stalking so as to include surveillance with
intent to kill, injure, harass, or intimidate which re-
sults in substantial emotional distress to a person
within the purview of the offense proscribed.
2000—Pub. L. 106–386 reenacted section catchline
without change and amended text generally. Prior to
amendment, text read as follows: ‘‘Whoever travels
across a State line or within the special maritime and
territorial jurisdiction of the United States with the
intent to injure or harass another person, and in the
course of, or as a result of, such travel places that per-
son in reasonable fear of the death of, or serious bodily
injury (as defined in section 1365(g)(3) of this title) to,
that person or a member of that person’s immediate
family (as defined in section 115 of this title) shall be
punished as provided in section 2261 of this title.’’
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2013 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 113–4 not effective until the
beginning of the fiscal year following Mar. 7, 2013, see
section 4 of Pub. L. 113–4, set out as a note under sec-
tion 2261 of this title.
§ 2261B. Enhanced penalty for stalkers of chil-
dren
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), if the victim of an offense under sec-
tion 2261A is under the age of 18 years, the max-
imum imprisonment for the offense is 5 years
greater than the maximum term of imprison-
ment otherwise provided for that offense in sec-
tion 2261.
(b) LIMITATION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply
to a person who violates section 2261A if—
(1) the person is subject to a sentence under
section 2261(b)(5); and
(2)(A) the person is under the age of 18 at the
time the offense occurred; or
(B)
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