{"data":{"id":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-2712","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"18 Pa.C.S. § 2712","heading":"Assault on sports official.","body":"(a) Offense defined.--A person who violates section 2701 (relating to simple assault), where the victim is a sports official who was assaulted during a sports event or was assaulted as a result of his or her official acts as a sports official, is guilty of assault on a sports official.\n(b) Grading.--Assault on a sports official is a misdemeanor of the first degree.\n(c) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection:\n\"Sports event.\" Any interscholastic athletic activity in a junior high school, high school, college or university in this Commonwealth or any other organized athletic activity in this Commonwealth, including a professional or semiprofessional event.\n\"Sports official.\" A person at a sports event who enforces the rules of the event, such as an umpire or referee, or a person who supervises the participants, such as a coach. The term includes a trainer, team attendant, game manager, athletic director, assistant athletic director, president, dean, headmaster, principal and assistant principal of a school, college or university.","path":["Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES","PART II DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC OFFENSES","ARTICLE B OFFENSES INVOLVING DANGER TO THE PERSON","CHAPTER 27 ASSAULT"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=18\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=27\u0026sctn=12\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-31 (Statute Update stamp, 18 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:28Z","sha256":"6a1bc1978bb5d391e5c53286911ebaae5b16d61adeee6aa2305df2db2a7167bf","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-2711","next":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-2713"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}