---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 2265A"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "2265A"
heading: "Repeat offenders"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/2265A"
units:
  - "Part I — Crimes"
  - "Chapter 110A — Domestic Violence and Stalking"
---

# §2265A. Repeat offenders

- (a) **Maximum Term of Imprisonment.—** The maximum term of imprisonment for a violation of this chapter after a prior domestic violence or stalking offense shall be twice the term otherwise provided under this chapter.
- (b) **Definition.—** For purposes of this section—
  - (1) the term “prior domestic violence or stalking offense” means a conviction for an offense—
    - (A) under section [2261](/usc/18/2261.md), [2261A](/usc/18/2261A.md), or [2262](/usc/18/2262.md) of this chapter; or
    - (B) under [State](/usc/18/31.md?p=a-9) or tribal law for an offense consisting of conduct that would have been an offense under a section referred to in [subparagraph (A)](#b-1-A) if the conduct had occurred within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the [United States](/usc/18/229F.md?p=9), or in [interstate or foreign commerce](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-2); and
  - (2) the term “[State](/usc/18/31.md?p=a-9)” means a [State](/usc/18/31.md?p=a-9) of the [United States](/usc/18/229F.md?p=9), the District of Columbia, or any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the [United States](/usc/18/229F.md?p=9).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 109–162, title I, § 115, Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 2988; amended Pub. L. 113–4, title IX, § 906(c), Mar. 7, 2013, 127 Stat. 125.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2013—Subsec. (b)(1)(B). Pub. L. 113–4 inserted “or tribal” after “State”.