18 U.S.C. § 111 — Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 205 words · no verdicts yet

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This law makes it a federal crime to assault, resist, or intimidate certain federal officers doing their job, or former officers because of their past service. Penalties increase for physical contact, felony intent, or using a weapon or causing injury. U.S. courts can prosecute this crime even if it happens outside the country.

(a) In General: it's illegal to: (1) forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere with anyone covered by section 1114 while they're doing their official job; or (2) forcibly assault or intimidate someone who used to be covered by section 1114, because of their past official service. If the offense is only a simple assault, the penalty is a fine or up to 1 year in prison, or both. If it involves physical contact with the victim, or intent to commit another felony, the penalty rises to a fine or up to 8 years in prison, or both. (b) Enhanced Penalty: if the person uses a deadly or dangerous weapon — even one that fails to cause death or harm because it malfunctions — or causes bodily injury while doing any of this, the penalty is a fine or up to 20 years in prison, or both. (c) Extraterritorial Jurisdiction: U.S. courts have jurisdiction over this crime even when it happens outside the United States.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

(a)In General.—

Whoever—

(1)

forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any person designated in section 1114 of this title while engaged in or on account of the performance of official duties; or

(2)

forcibly assaults or intimidates any person who formerly served as a person designated in section 1114 on account of the performance of official duties during such person’s term of service,

shall, where the acts in violation of this section constitute only simple assault, be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, and where such acts involve physical contact with the victim of that assault or the intent to commit another felony, be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 8 years, or both.

(b)Enhanced Penalty.—

Whoever, in the commission of any acts described in subsection (a), uses a deadly or dangerous weapon (including a weapon intended to cause death or danger but that fails to do so by reason of a defective component) or inflicts bodily injury, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.

(c)Extraterritorial Jurisdiction.—

There is extraterritorial jurisdiction over the conduct prohibited by this section.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 688; Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6487(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4386; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, § 320101(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2108; Pub. L. 104–132, title VII, § 727(c), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1302; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title I, § 11008(b), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1818; Pub. L. 110–177, title II, § 208(b), Jan. 7, 2008, 121 Stat. 2538; Pub. L. 117–59, § 3(1), Nov. 18, 2021, 135 Stat. 1469.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 688
1988Amended · Pub. L. 100-690 · 102 Stat. 4386
1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2108
1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-132 · 110 Stat. 1302
2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-273 · 116 Stat. 1818
2008Amended · Pub. L. 110-177 · 121 Stat. 2538
2021Amended · Pub. L. 117-59 · 135 Stat. 1469

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.

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