Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73not60

§119 Protection of Individuals Performing Certain Official Duties

Title 18 › Part I— CRIMES › Chapter 7— ASSAULT › § 119

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

It makes it a crime to knowingly publish certain private contact details about a protected person or their close family if you do it to threaten them, to push someone to commit a violent crime against them, or if you mean and know the information will be used to threaten or help carry out a violent crime. Restricted personal information — private contact details like Social Security number, home address, home or mobile phone, personal email, or home fax. Covered person — people protected here (see section 1114), including jurors, witnesses and court officers, informants in federal criminal cases, and state or local officers whose info was exposed because they helped a federal investigation. Crime of violence — defined in section 16. Immediate family — defined in section 115(c)(2).

Full Legal Text

Title 18, §119

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(a)Whoever knowingly makes restricted personal information about a covered person, or a member of the immediate family of that covered person, publicly available—

(1)with the intent to threaten, intimidate, or incite the commission of a crime of violence against that covered person, or a member of the immediate family of that covered person; or

(2)with the intent and knowledge that the restricted personal information will be used to threaten, intimidate, or facilitate the commission of a crime of violence against that covered person, or a member of the immediate family of that covered person,

(b)In this section—

(1)the term “restricted personal information” means, with respect to an individual, the Social Security number, the home address, home phone number, mobile phone number, personal email, or home fax number of, and identifiable to, that individual;

(2)the term “covered person” means—

(A)an individual designated in section 1114;

(B)a grand or petit juror, witness, or other officer in or of, any court of the United States, or an officer who may be, or was, serving at any examination or other proceeding before any United States magistrate judge or other committing magistrate;

(C)an informant or witness in a Federal criminal investigation or prosecution; or

(D)a State or local officer or employee whose restricted personal information is made publicly available because of the participation in, or assistance provided to, a Federal criminal investigation by that officer or employee;

(3)the term “crime of violence” has the meaning given the term in section 16; and

(4)the term “immediate family” has the meaning given the term in section 115(c)(2).

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Citation

18 U.S.C. § 119

Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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