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type: "LegalText"
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title: "18 U.S.C. § 2258"
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description: "Failure to report child abuse"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 18
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title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
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chapter_number: "110"
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chapter_name: "SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND OTHER ABUSE OF CHILDREN"
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section: "2258"
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citation: "18 U.S.C. § 2258"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc18@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s2258"
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# 18 U.S.C. § 2258 - Failure to report child abuse
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## Text
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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.
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(Added Pub. L. 101–647, title II, § 226(g)(1), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4808; amended Pub. L. 109–248, title II, § 209, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 615; Pub. L. 115–126, title I, § 101(b), Feb. 14, 2018, 132 Stat. 319.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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References in TextSection 226 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990, referred to in text, is classified to section 20341 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law Enforcement.
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Codification Another section 2258 was renumbered section 2260 of this title.
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Amendments2018—Pub. L. 115–126 inserted “or a covered individual as described in subsection (a)(2) of such section 226 who,” after “facility,”. 2006—Pub. L. 109–248 substituted “fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 1 year or both” for “guilty of a Class B misdemeanor”.
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