{"data":{"id":"us/18-u.s.c.-2116","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"18 U.S.C. § 2116","heading":"Railway or steamboat post office","body":"Whoever, by violence, enters a post-office car, or any part of any car, steamboat, or vessel, assigned to the use of the mail service, or willfully or maliciously assaults or interferes with any postal clerk in the discharge of his duties in connection with such car, steamboat, vessel, or apartment thereof, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.","path":["Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 103—ROBBERY AND BURGLARY"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc18@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:53Z","sha256":"26e6001313cd52e21a2a50783636e0fb5599c38ae38b8abbac2e6b44951fb5a9","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/18-u.s.c.-2115","next":"us/18-u.s.c.-2117"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}