Title 18, Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-102
§1661 Robbery Ashore
Title 18 › PART I — CRIMES › CHAPTER 81 — PIRACY AND PRIVATEERING › § 1661
Summary
Anyone who joins a pirate voyage or serves on a pirate ship, goes ashore from that ship, and robs people on land is treated as a pirate and must be imprisoned for life.
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Title 18, §1661
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Whoever, being engaged in any piratical cruise or enterprise, or being of the crew of any piratical vessel, lands from such vessel and commits robbery on shore, is a pirate, and shall be imprisoned for life.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 493 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 302, 35 Stat. 1147). Transposition of several words was made.
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18 U.S.C. § 1661
Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102