{"data":{"id":"us/18-u.s.c.-879","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"18 U.S.C. § 879","heading":"Threats against former Presidents and certain other persons","body":"(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully threatens to kill, kidnap, or inflict bodily harm upon—(1) a former President or a member of the immediate family of a former President; (2) a member of the immediate family of the President, the President-elect, the Vice President, or the Vice President-elect; (3) a major candidate for the office of President or Vice President, or a member of the immediate family of such candidate; or (4) a person protected by the Secret Service under section 3056(a)(6); shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. (b) As used in this section—(1) the term “immediate family” means—(A) with respect to subsection (a)(1) of this section, the spouse of a former President during a former President’s lifetime, the surviving spouse of a former President until the surviving spouse’s death or remarriage, and minor children of a former President until they reach sixteen years of age; and (B) with respect to subsection (a)(2) and (a)(3) of this section, a person to whom the President, President-elect, Vice President, Vice President-elect, or major candidate for the office of President or Vice President—(i) is related by blood, marriage, or adoption; or (ii) stands in loco parentis; (2) the term “major candidate for the office of President or Vice President” means a candidate referred to in subsection (a)(7) of section 3056 of this title; and (3) the terms “President-elect” and “Vice President-elect” have the meanings given those terms in section 871(b) of this title.","path":["Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 41—EXTORTION AND THREATS"],"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":"4f20e1912bfeb80de9daf194cf21fde64cdf4f3b7ea8926eff4e73e6810e418a","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/18-u.s.c.-878","next":"us/18-u.s.c.-880"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}