18 U.S.C. § 2261A : US Code - Section 2261A: Stalking
Search 18 U.S.C. § 2261A : US Code - Section 2261A: Stalking
Whoever -
(1) travels in interstate or foreign commerce or within the
special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United
States, or enters or leaves Indian country, with the intent to
kill, injure, harass, or place under surveillance with intent to
kill, injure, harass, or intimidate another person, and in the
course of, or as a result of, such travel places that person in
reasonable fear of the death of, or serious bodily injury to, or
causes substantial emotional distress to that person, a member of
the immediate family (as defined in section 115) of that person,
or the spouse or intimate partner of that person; or
(2) with the intent -
(A) to kill, injure, harass, or place under surveillance with
intent to kill, injure, harass, or intimidate, or cause
substantial emotional distress to a person in another State or
tribal jurisdiction or within the special maritime and
territorial jurisdiction of the United States; or
(B) to place a person in another State or tribal
jurisdiction, or within the special maritime and territorial
jurisdiction of the United States, in reasonable fear of the
death of, or serious bodily injury to -
(i) that person;
(ii) a member of the immediate family (as defined in
section 115 (!1) of that person; or
(iii) a spouse or intimate partner of that person;
uses the mail, any interactive computer service, or any
facility of interstate or foreign commerce to engage in a
course of conduct that causes substantial emotional distress to
that person or places that person in reasonable fear of the
death of, or serious bodily injury to, any of the persons
described in clauses (i) through (iii) of subparagraph (B);
(!2)
shall be punished as provided in section 2261(b) of this title.
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