---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 11.400"
title: "25"
number: "11.400"
heading: "Assault."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/11.400"
---

# §11.400. Assault.

- (a) **A person is guilty of assault if he or she—**
  - (1) Attempts to cause or purposely, knowingly or recklessly causes bodily injury to another; or
  - (2) Negligently causes bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon; or
  - (3) **Attempts by physical menace to put another in fear of imminent serious bodily injury.**
- (b) Assault is a misdemeanor unless committed in a fight or scuffle entered into by mutual consent, in which case it is a petty misdemeanor.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; R.S. 463, 25 U.S.C. 2; R.S. 465, 25 U.S.C. 9; 42 Stat. 208, 25 U.S.C. 13; 38 Stat. 586, 25 U.S.C. 200.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 54411, Oct. 21, 1993, unless otherwise noted.