Source: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2262
Timestamp: 2014-11-28 22:57:32
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2262', '§ 2262', '§ 2262', '§ 40221', '§ 1069', '§ 605', '§ 1107', '§ 117', '§ 107']

18 U.S. Code § 2262 - Interstate violation of protection order | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 18 › Part I › Chapter 110A › § 2262 18 U.S. Code § 2262 - Interstate violation of protection order
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 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).
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).
Penalties.— A person who violates this section shall be fined under this title, imprisoned—
(Added Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, § 40221(a),Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1927; amended Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title X, § 1069(b)(2),Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2656; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 605(d),Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3509; Pub. L. 106–386, div. B, title I, § 1107(c),Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1498; Pub. L. 109–162, title I, § 117(b),Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 2989; Pub. L. 113–4, title I, § 107(c),Mar. 7, 2013, 127 Stat. 78.)
2013—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 113–4, which directed amendment of subsec. (a)(2) by inserting “is present” after “Indian country or”, was executed by making the insertion in subsec. (a)(1) to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
2006—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 109–162inserted “or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States” after “Indian country”.
“(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. 104–294substituted “violate this subparagraph” for “violate subparagraph (A)”.
Subsec. (b)(1) to (3). Pub. L. 104–201substituted “victim” for “offender’s spouse or intimate partner”.
Amendment by Pub. L. 113–4not effective until the beginning of the fiscal year following Mar. 7, 2013, see section 4 ofPub. L. 113–4, set out as a note under section 2261 of this title.