Title 18, Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-102
§2111 Special Maritime and Territorial Jurisdiction
Title 18 › PART I — CRIMES › CHAPTER 103 — ROBBERY AND BURGLARY › § 2111
Summary
Using force or threats to steal from someone in U.S. special maritime/territorial areas can bring up to 15 years in prison.
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Title 18, §2111
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Whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, by force and violence, or by intimidation, takes or attempts to take from the person or presence of another anything of value, shall be imprisoned not more than fifteen years.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 463 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 284, 35 Stat. 1144). Words “within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States” were added to restrict the place of the offense to those places described in section 451 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., now section 7 of this title. Minor changes were made in phraseology.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–322 inserted “or attempts to take” after “takes”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
of 1996 Amendment Pub. L. 104–217, § 1, Oct. 1, 1996, 110 Stat. 3020, provided that: “This Act [amending section 2119 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Carjacking Correction Act of 1996’.”
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Citation
18 U.S.C. § 2111
Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102