Federal

Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

1,399 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 3242 — Indians committing certain offenses; acts on reservations
• § 3243 — Jurisdiction of State of Kansas over offenses committed by or against Indians on Indian reservations
• § 3244 — Jurisdiction of proceedings relating to transferred offenders
• § 3261 — Criminal offenses committed by certain members of the Armed Forces and by persons employed by or accompanying the Armed Forces outside the United States
• § 3262 — Arrest and commitment
• § 3263 — Delivery to authorities of foreign countries
• § 3264 — Limitation on removal
• § 3265 — Initial proceedings
• § 3266 — Regulations
• § 3267 — Definitions
• § 3271 — Trafficking in persons offenses committed by persons employed by or accompanying the Federal Government outside the United States
• § 3272 — Definitions
• § 3273 — Offenses committed by certain United States personnel stationed in Canada in furtherance of border security initiatives
• § 3281 — Capital offenses
• § 3282 — Offenses not capital
• § 3283 — Offenses against children
• § 3284 — Concealment of bankrupt’s assets
• § 3285 — Criminal contempt
• § 3286 — Extension of statute of limitation for certain terrorism offenses
• § 3287 — Wartime suspension of limitations
• § 3288 — Indictments and information dismissed after period of limitations
• § 3289 — Indictments and information dismissed before period of limitations
• § 3290 — Fugitives from justice
• § 3291 — Nationality, citizenship and passports
• § 3292 — Suspension of limitations to permit United States to obtain foreign evidence
• § 3293 — Financial institution offenses
• § 3294 — Theft of major artwork
• § 3295 — Arson offenses
• § 3296 — Counts dismissed pursuant to a plea agreement
• § 3297 — Cases involving DNA evidence
• § 3298 — Trafficking-related offenses
• § 3299 — Child abduction and sex offenses
• § 33 — Destruction of motor vehicles or motor vehicle facilities
• § 3300 — Recruitment or use of child soldiers
• § 3301 — Securities fraud offenses
• § 331 — Mutilation, diminution, and falsification of coins
• § 332 — Debasement of coins; alteration of official scales, or embezzlement of metals
• § 3321 — Number of grand jurors; summoning additional jurors
• § 3322 — Disclosure of certain matters occurring before grand jury
• § 3323 to 3328 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–73, title IX, § 964(a) , Aug. 9, 1989 , 103 Stat. 505 ]
• § 333 — Mutilation of national bank obligations
• § 3331 — Summoning and term
• § 3332 — Powers and duties
• § 3333 — Reports
• § 3334 — General provisions
• § 334 — Issuance of Federal Reserve or national bank notes
• § 335 — Circulation of obligations of expired corporations
• § 336 — Issuance of circulating obligations of less than $1
• § 3361 — Form and contents—(Rule)
• § 3362 — Waiver of indictment and prosecution on information—(Rule)
• § 3363 — Joinder of offenses—(Rule)
• § 3364 — Joinder of defendants—(Rule)
• § 3365 — Amendment of information—(Rule)
• § 3366 — Bill of particulars—(Rule)
• § 3367 — Dismissal—(Rule)
• § 337 — Coins as security for loans
• § 34 — Penalty when death results
• § 3401 — Misdemeanors; application of probation laws
• § 3402 — Rules of procedure, practice and appeal 1 1 Section catchline was not amended to conform to change made in text by Pub. L. 100–702 .
• § 341 — Definitions
• § 342 — Operation of a common carrier under the influence of alcohol or drugs
• § 343 — Presumptions
• § 3431 — Term of court; power of court unaffected by expiration—(Rule)
• § 3432 — Indictment and list of jurors and witnesses for prisoner in capital cases
• § 3433 — Arraignment—(Rule)
• § 3434 — Presence of defendant—(Rule)
• § 3435 — Receiver of stolen property triable before or after principal
• § 3436 — Consolidation of indictments or informations—(Rule)
• § 3437 — Severance—(Rule)
• § 3438 — Pleas—(Rule)
• § 3439 — Demurrers and special pleas in bar or abatement abolished; relief on motion—(Rule)
• § 3440 — Defenses and objections determined on motion—(Rule)
• § 3441 — Jury; number of jurors; waiver—(Rule)
• § 3442 — Jurors, examination, peremptory challenges; alternates—(Rule)
• § 3443 — Instructions to jury—(Rule)
• § 3444 — Disability of judge—(Rule)
• § 3445 — Motion for judgment of acquittal—(Rule)
• § 3446 — New trial—(Rule)
• § 3481 — Competency of accused
• § 3482 — Evidence and witnesses—(Rule)
• § 3483 — Indigent defendants, process to produce evidence—(Rule)
• § 3484 — Subpoenas—(Rule)
• § 3485 — Expert witnesses—(Rule)
• § 3486 — Administrative subpoenas
• § 3486A — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–544, § 5(b)(3) , Dec. 19, 2000 , 114 Stat. 2718 ]
• § 3487 — Refusal to pay as evidence of embezzlement
• § 3488 — Intoxicating liquor in Indian country as evidence of unlawful introduction
• § 3489 — Discovery and inspection—(Rule)
• § 3490 — Official record or entry—(Rule)
• § 3491 — Foreign documents
• § 3492 — Commission to consular officers to authenticate foreign documents
• § 3493 — Deposition to authenticate foreign documents
• § 3494 — Certification of genuineness of foreign document
• § 3495 — Fees and expenses of consuls, counsel, interpreters and witnesses
• § 3496 — Regulations by President as to commissions, fees of witnesses, counsel and interpreters
• § 3497 — Account as evidence of embezzlement
• § 3498 — Depositions—(Rule)
• § 3499 — Contempt of court by witness—(Rule)
• § 35 — Imparting or conveying false information
• § 3500 — Demands for production of statements and reports of witnesses
• § 3501 — Admissibility of confessions
• § 3502 — Admissibility in evidence of eye witness testimony
• § 3503 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title IV, § 4002(c)(3)(A) , Nov. 2, 2002 , 116 Stat. 1809 ]
• § 3504 — Litigation concerning sources of evidence
• § 3505 — Foreign records of regularly conducted ac­tivity
• § 3506 — Service of papers filed in opposition to official request by United States to foreign government for criminal evidence
• § 3507 — Special master at foreign deposition
• § 3508 — Custody and return of foreign witnesses
• § 3509 — Child victims’ and child witnesses’ rights
• § 351 — Congressional, Cabinet, and Supreme Court assassination, kidnapping, and assault; penalties
• § 3510 — Rights of victims to attend and observe trial
• § 3511 — Judicial review of requests for information
• § 3512 — Foreign requests for assistance in criminal investigations and prosecutions
• § 3521 — Witness relocation and protection
• § 3522 — Probationers and parolees
• § 3523 — Civil judgments
• § 3524 — Child custody arrangements
• § 3525 — Victims Compensation Fund
• § 3526 — Cooperation of other Federal agencies and State governments; reimbursement of expenses
• § 3527 — Additional authority of Attorney General
• § 3528 — Definition
• § 3531 — Return; several defendants; conviction of less offense; poll of jury—(Rule)
• § 3532 — Setting aside verdict of guilty; judgment notwithstanding verdict—(Rule)
• § 3551 — Authorized sentences
• § 3552 — Presentence reports
• § 3553 — Imposition of a sentence
• § 3554 — Order of criminal forfeiture
• § 3555 — Order of notice to victims
• § 3556 — Order of restitution
• § 3557 — Review of a sentence
• § 3558 — Implementation of a sentence
• § 3559 — Sentencing classification of offenses
• § 3561 — Sentence of probation
• § 3562 — Imposition of a sentence of probation
• § 3563 — Conditions of probation
• § 3564 — Running of a term of probation
• § 3565 — Revocation of probation
• § 3566 — Implementation of a sentence of probation
• § 3571 — Sentence of fine
• § 3572 — Imposition of a sentence of fine and related matters
• § 3573 — Petition of the Government for modification or remission
• § 3574 — Implementation of a sentence of fine
• § 3581 — Sentence of imprisonment
• § 3582 — Imposition of a sentence of imprisonment
• § 3583 — Inclusion of a term of supervised release after imprisonment
• § 3584 — Multiple sentences of imprisonment
• § 3585 — Calculation of a term of imprisonment
• § 3586 — Implementation of a sentence of imprisonment
• § 3591 — Sentence of death
• § 3592 — Mitigating and aggravating factors to be considered in determining whether a sentence of death is justified
• § 3593 — Special hearing to determine whether a sentence of death is justified
• § 3594 — Imposition of a sentence of death
• § 3595 — Review of a sentence of death
• § 3596 — Implementation of a sentence of death
• § 3597 — Use of State facilities
• § 3598 — Special provisions for Indian country
• § 3599 — Counsel for financially unable defendants
• § 36 — Drive-by shooting
• § 3600 — DNA testing
• § 3600A — Preservation of biological evidence
• § 3601 — Supervision of probation
• § 3602 — Appointment of probation officers
• § 3603 — Duties of probation officers
• § 3604 — Transportation of a probationer
• § 3605 — Transfer of jurisdiction over a probationer
• § 3606 — Arrest and return of a probationer
• § 3607 — Special probation and expungement procedures for drug possessors
• § 3608 — Drug testing of Federal offenders on post-conviction release
• § 3611 — Payment of a fine or restitution
• § 3612 — Collection of unpaid fine or restitution
• § 3613 — Civil remedies for satisfaction of an unpaid fine
• § 3613A — Effect of default
• § 3614 — Resentencing upon failure to pay a fine or restitution
• § 3615 — Criminal default
• § 3621 — Imprisonment of a convicted person
• § 3622 — Temporary release of a prisoner
• § 3623 — Transfer of a prisoner to State authority
• § 3624 — Release of a prisoner
• § 3625 — Inapplicability of the Administrative Procedure Act
• § 3626 — Appropriate remedies with respect to prison conditions
• § 3631 — Duties of the Attorney General
• § 3632 — Development of risk and needs assessment system
• § 3633 — Evidence-based recidivism reduction program and recommendations
• § 3634 — Report
• § 3635 — Definitions
• § 3651 to 3656 — Repealed or Renumbered. Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(1) , (2), Oct. 12, 1984 , 98 Stat. 1987 ]
• § 3661 — Use of information for sentencing
• § 3662 — Conviction records
• § 3663 — Order of restitution
• § 3663A — Mandatory restitution to victims of certain crimes
• § 3664 — Procedure for issuance and enforcement of order of restitution
• § 3665 — Firearms possessed by convicted felons
• § 3666 — Bribe moneys
• § 3667 — Liquors and related property; definitions
• § 3668 — Remission or mitigation of forfeitures under liquor laws; possession pending trial
• § 3669 — Conveyances carrying liquor
• § 3670 — Disposition of conveyances seized for violation of the Indian liquor laws
• § 3671 — Vessels carrying explosives and steerage passengers
• § 3672 — Duties of Director of Administrative Office of the United States Courts
• § 3673 — Definitions for sentencing provisions