18 U.S.C. § 1512
Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant
United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 18 U.S.C. § 1512, Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/449247
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Full text
Whoever kills or attempts to kill another person, with intent to—
Whoever uses physical force or the threat of physical force against any person, or attempts to do so, with intent to—
cause or induce any person to—
The punishment for an offense under this subsection is—
in the case of—
Whoever knowingly uses intimidation, threatens, or corruptly persuades another person, or attempts to do so, or engages in misleading conduct toward another person, with intent to—
cause or induce any person to—
Whoever corruptly—
Whoever intentionally harasses another person and thereby hinders, delays, prevents, or dissuades any person from—
For the purposes of this section—
In a prosecution for an offense under this section, no state of mind need be proved with respect to the circumstance—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Victim and Witness Protection Act of 1982House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Criminal Law and Procedure Technical Amendments Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Judicial Improvements Act of 1990House: 386–18Senate: no recorded tally
- Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
- To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to witness retaliation, witness tampering and jury tampering.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Economic Espionage Act of 1996House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
- 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization ActHouse: 400–4Senate: no recorded tally
- Court Security Improvement Act of 2007House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally