18 U.S.C. § 2262 : US Code - Section 2262: Interstate violation of protection order

Search 18 U.S.C. § 2262 : US Code - Section 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 or 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).
(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.