§2261A. Stalking — Inbound Citations

Citations to 18 U.S.C. § 2261A as a whole

• 18 U.S.C. § 1039(e)(1)

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  (1) Whoever, violates, or attempts to violate, subsection (a), (b), or (c) knowing that such information may be used in furtherance of, or with the intent to commit, an offense described in section 2261, 2261A, 2262, or any other crime of violence shall, in addition to the penalties provided for in such subsection, be fined under this title and imprisoned not more than 5 years.
• 18 U.S.C. § 2261(b)

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  (b) A person who violates this section or section 2261A 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.

  (6) Whoever commits the crime of stalking in violation of a temporary or permanent civil or criminal injunction, restraining order, no-contact order, or other order described in section 2266 of title 18, United States Code, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 1 year.
• 18 U.S.C. § 2261B(a)

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  (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if the victim of an offense under section 2261A is under the age of 18 years, the maximum imprisonment for the offense is 5 years greater than the maximum term of imprisonment otherwise provided for that offense in section 2261.
• 18 U.S.C. § 2261B(b)

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  (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a person who violates section 2261A if—

  (1) the person is subject to a sentence under section 2261(b)(5); and

  (A) the person is under the age of 18 at the time the offense occurred; or

  (B) the victim of the offense is not less than 15 nor more than 17 years of age and not more than 3 years younger than the person who committed the offense at the time the offense occurred.
• 18 U.S.C. § 2265A(b)(1)(A)

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  (A) under section 2261, 2261A, or 2262 of this chapter; or
• 18 U.S.C. § 2266(7)(A)(ii)

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  (ii) section 2261A—

  (I) a spouse or former spouse of the target of the stalking, a person who shares a child in common with the target of the stalking, and a person who cohabits or has cohabited as a spouse with the target of the stalking; or

  (II) a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the target of the stalking, as determined by the length of the relationship, the type of the relationship, and the frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship.¹