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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "18 U.S.C. § 1368"
+description: "Harming animals used in law enforcement"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 18
+title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
+chapter_number: "65"
+chapter_name: "MALICIOUS MISCHIEF"
+section: "1368"
+citation: "18 U.S.C. § 1368"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc18@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s1368"
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+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 18 U.S.C. § 1368 - Harming animals used in law enforcement
+
+## Text
+
+(a) Whoever willfully and maliciously harms any police animal, or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be fined under this title and imprisoned not more than 1 year. If the offense permanently disables or disfigures the animal, or causes serious bodily injury to or the death of the animal, the maximum term of imprisonment shall be 10 years.
+
+(b) In this section, the term “police animal” means a dog or horse employed by a Federal agency (whether in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch) for the principal purpose of aiding in the detection of criminal activity, enforcement of laws, or apprehension of criminal offenders.
+
+(Added Pub. L. 106–254, § 2(a), Aug. 2, 2000, 114 Stat. 638; amended Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title IV, § 4003(a)(4), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1811.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–273 inserted “to” after “serious bodily injury”.
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Short Title of 2000 AmendmentPub. L. 106–254, § 1, Aug. 2, 2000, 114 Stat. 638, provided that: “This Act [enacting this section] may be cited as the ‘Federal Law Enforcement Animal Protection Act of 2000’.”