§ 2262. — Interstate violation of protection order.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC2262]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 110A--DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND STALKING
Sec. 2262. Interstate violation of protection order
(a) Offenses.--
(1) Travel or conduct of offender.--A person who travels in
interstate or foreign commerce, or enters or leaves Indian country,
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 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 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,
or both fined and imprisoned.
(Added Pub. L. 103-322, title IV, Sec. 40221(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108
Stat. 1927; amended Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title X, Sec. 1069(b)(2),
Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2656; Pub. L. 104-294, title VI, Sec. 605(d),
Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3509; Pub. L. 106-386, div. B, title I,
Sec. 1107(c), Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1498.)
Amendments
2000--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-386 added subsec. (a) and struck out
heading and text of former subsec. (a). Text read as follows:
``(1) Crossing a state line.--A person who travels across a State
line or enters or leaves Indian country with the intent to engage in
conduct that--
``(A)(i) violates the portion of a protection order that
involves protection against credible threats of violence, repeated
harassment, or bodily injury to the person or persons for whom the
protection order was issued; or
``(ii) would violate this subparagraph if the conduct occurred
in the jurisdiction in which the order was issued; and
``(B) subsequently engages in such conduct,
shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).
``(2) Causing the crossing of a state line.--A person who causes a
spouse or intimate partner to cross a State line or to enter or leave
Indian country by force, coercion, duress, or fraud, and, in the course
or as a result of that conduct, intentionally commits an act that
injures the person's spouse or intimate partner in violation of a valid
protection order issued by a State shall be punished as provided in
subsection (b).''
1996--Subsec. (a)(1)(A)(ii). Pub. L. 104-294 substituted ``violate
this subparagraph'' for ``violate subparagraph (A)''.
Subsec. (b)(1) to (3). Pub. L. 104-201 substituted ``victim'' for
``offender's spouse or intimate partner''.
