18 U.S.C. § 1363
Buildings or property within special maritime and territorial jurisdiction
Whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, willfully and maliciously destroys or injures any structure, conveyance, or other real or personal property, or attempts or conspires to do such an act, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, and if the building be a dwelling, or the life of any person be placed in jeopardy, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 39
cases (13 in the last 5 years), 1958–2025 · leading case: United States v. Bobby Kobito
United States v. Bobby Kobito (2021)
“Here, that statute is 18 U.S.C. § 1363 , which punishes anyone who “willfully and 3 Under these statutes, it’s unlawful for any person “to receive or possess a firearm which is not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record,” 26 U.”
United States v. Ahmed Abukhatallah (2022)
“Counts 16 and 17 were for “maliciously destroying and injuring dwellings and property and placing lives in jeopardy within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States and attempting to do the same” in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1363 . App. 17–18; see 18…”
United States v. Clare Therese Grady (2021)
“§§ 371 and 2; 5 (2) destruction of property on a naval installation, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1363 and 2; 6 (3) depredation of government property, in violation of 18 U.”
United States v. Abu Khatallah (2016)
“Those counts charge Abu Khatallah with maliciously destroying and injuring dwellings and property and placing lives in jeopardy within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States (“SMTJ”) under 18 U.S.C. § 1363 , the statute criminalizing those…”
United States v. Haggerty (2021)
“Discussion In relevant part, 18 U.S.C. § 1363 states that “[w]hoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, willfully and maliciously destroys or injures any structure, conveyance, or other real or personal property” shall be liable.”
United States v. Kelly (2012)
“, the fences) within the special territorial jurisdiction of the United States, violating 18 U.S.C. § 1363 ; and injuring property of the United States with a value exceeding $1,000, violating 18 U.”
United States v. Terence Earl Davis (2000)
“In Count Eight, Davis was charged and convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1363 , which criminalizes the destruction of certain property.”
United States v. Joseph Alfred Tanner (1972)
“Shaw, within the special admiralty and 'territorial jurisdiction of the United States (in violation of 18 U. S.C. § 1363), and Count VII which alleged they had knowingly and unlawfully set fire to a vessel of foreign registry within the jurisdiction of the United States (in…”
United States v. Eric Kalb (2018)
“§ 1361 ; destruction of property on United States land, 18 U.S.C. § 1363 ; and aiding and abetting, 18 U.”
United States v. Sharpnack (1958)
“§ 1113 ; malicious mischief, 18 U. S. C. § 1363 ; rape, 18 U. S. C. § 2031 ; carnal knowledge, 18 U.”
United States v. Abu Khatallah (2015)
“§ 844 (f)(1) and (3) (Counts Fourteen and Fifteen); two counts of maliciously destroying and injuring dwellings and property and placing lives in jeopardy within the special maritime -and territorial jurisdiction of the United States under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1363 and 7 (Counts Sixteen…”
United States v. Al-Imam (2019)
“Al-Imam moves to dismiss all but one count, arguing that most of the statutes under which he is charged do not apply extraterritorially, that his capture violated international law such that prosecution on some of the counts is precluded, and that the Mission and Annex…”
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