Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

18 U.S.C. § 2111

Special maritime and territorial jurisdiction

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.

June 25, 1948, ch. 64562 Stat. 796Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, § 320903(a)(1)108 Stat. 2124(, ; , , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 28435 Stat. 1144Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 463 (, ).

section 451 of title 18section 7 of this titleWords “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 , U.S.C., 1940 ed., now .

Minor changes were made in phraseology.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 103–3221994— inserted “or attempts to take” after “takes”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title of 1996 Amendment

Pub. L. 104–217, § 1110 Stat. 3020

section 2119 of this title“This Act [amending ] may be cited as the ‘Carjacking Correction Act of 1996’.”
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