18 U.S.C. § 1361
Government property or contracts
Whoever willfully injures or commits any depredation against any property of the United States, or of any department or agency thereof, or any property which has been or is being manufactured or constructed for the United States, or any department or agency thereof, or attempts to commit any of the foregoing offenses, shall be punished as follows:
If the damage or attempted damage to such property exceeds the sum of $1,000, by a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both; if the damage or attempted damage to such property does not exceed the sum of $1,000, by a fine under this title or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 268
cases (53 in the last 5 years), 1959–2026 · leading case: Liteky v. United States
Liteky v. United States (1994)
“*542 I In the 1991 trial at issue here, petitioners were charged with willful destruction of property of the United States in violation of 18 U. S. C. § 1361 . The indictment alleged that they had committed acts of vandalism, including the spilling of human blood on walls and…”
United States v. Fahd Albaadani (2017)
“Defendant-Appellant Fahd Saleh Albaadani, who was born in Yemen, was sentenced to nine months of imprisonment and one year of supervised release for tampering with a GPS ankle monitor in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1361 and No. 16-6668 United States v.”
United States v. DiFrancesco (1980)
“[5] At another jury trial in 1978before a different judge in the same Districtbased on an indictment returned prior to the racketeering indictment, respondent was convicted of damaging federal property, in violation of 18 U. S. C. § 1361 , of unlawfully storing explosive…”
United States v. Platte (2005)
“§ 2155 (a), entitled “destruction of national-defense materials, national-defense premises, or national-defense utilities,” and one count of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1361 , depredation against government property.”
United States v. Mauro (1978)
“And to the extent any of the concerns expressed by the Court relate to the possibility of pretrial delay, the Speedy Trial Act of 1974, 18 U. S. C. § 1361 et seq. (1976 ed.), which creates specific time limits within which all federal defendants must be tried, must lessen if not…”
United States v. Earl K. Shumway (1997)
“§ 2 ; 2) a related charge of damaging United States property under 18 U.S.C. § 1361 and 18 U.S.C. § 2 ; and 3) felon in possession of a firearm under 18 U.”
United States v. Duane Ehmer (2023)
“Concerning Ryan’s and Ehmer’s convictions for depredation of government property in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1361 , the panel held (1) the district court properly declined to instruct the jury as to self-defense; (2) the district court did not abuse its discretion in excluding…”
United States v. George T. Wilcox, Also Known as Tommy Wilcox, United States of America v. Roger Counts, Also Known as T (1995)
“00 against United States public lands, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1361 (1988). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.”
United States v. Dontae Small (2019)
“§ 371 ; and destruction of government property, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1361 . In the proceedings below, Small made several motions relevant to the instant appeal, all of which were denied by the district court: (1) a motion for judgment of acquittal on the carjacking and…”
United States v. Allen (2020)
“_________________________________ Defendant-Appellant Robert Timothy Allen appeals his conviction for depredation of government property under 18 U.S.C. § 1361 , arguing that his conviction violates both the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause and separation of powers…”
United States v. Clare Therese Grady (2021)
“§§ 1363 and 2; 6 (3) depredation of government property, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1361 and 2; 7 and (4) trespass, in done by a co-conspirator in furtherance of the conspiracy.”
United States v. Susan Alexis Komisaruk (1989)
“00 in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1361 . Komisaruk intentionally vandalized an Air Force computer which was assigned to the United States space shuttle program.”
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