{"data":{"id":"us/18-u.s.c.-2258","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"18 U.S.C. § 2258","heading":"Failure to report child abuse","body":"A person who, while engaged in a professional capacity or activity described in subsection (b) of section 226 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 on Federal land or in a federally operated (or contracted) facility, or a covered individual as described in subsection (a)(2) of such section 226 who, learns of facts that give reason to suspect that a child has suffered an incident of child abuse, as defined in subsection (c) of that section, and fails to make a timely report as required by subsection (a) of that section, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 1 year or both.","path":["Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 110—SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND OTHER ABUSE OF CHILDREN"],"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":"90d187aeb0c487bd9b5e35d3b1093ec3c46d21dbc37cd3801a0db6391000865b","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/18-u.s.c.-2257a","next":"us/18-u.s.c.-2258a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}