FEDERAL · U.S. CODE

Title 18Crimes and Criminal Procedure

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Chapter
Chapter 1GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 2AIRCRAFT AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 3ANIMALS, BIRDS, FISH, AND PLANTS
Chapter 5ARSON
Chapter 7ASSAULT
Chapter 9BANKRUPTCY
Chapter 10BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
Chapter 11BRIBERY, GRAFT, AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Chapter 11ACHILD SUPPORT
Chapter 11BCHEMICAL WEAPONS
Chapter 12CIVIL DISORDERS
Chapter 13CIVIL RIGHTS
Chapter 15CLAIMS AND SERVICES IN MATTERS AFFECTING GOVERNMENT
Chapter 17COINS AND CURRENCY
Chapter 17ACOMMON CARRIER OPERATION UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS
Chapter 18CONGRESSIONAL, CABINET, AND SUPREME COURT ASSASSINATION, KIDNAPPING, AND ASSAULT
Chapter 19CONSPIRACY
Chapter 21CONTEMPTS
Chapter 23CONTRACTS
Chapter 25COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY
Chapter 26CRIMINAL STREET GANGS
Chapter 27CUSTOMS
Chapter 29ELECTIONS AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
Chapter 31EMBEZZLEMENT AND THEFT
Chapter 33EMBLEMS, INSIGNIA, AND NAMES
Chapter 35ESCAPE AND RESCUE
Chapter 37ESPIONAGE AND CENSORSHIP
Chapter 39EXPLOSIVES AND OTHER DANGEROUS ARTICLES
Chapter 40IMPORTATION, MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS
Chapter 41EXTORTION AND THREATS
Chapter 42EXTORTIONATE CREDIT TRANSACTIONS
Chapter 43FALSE PERSONATION
Chapter 44FIREARMS
Chapter 45FOREIGN RELATIONS
Chapter 46FORFEITURE
Chapter 47FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS
Chapter 49FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE
Chapter 50GAMBLING
Chapter 50AGENOCIDE
Chapter 51HOMICIDE
Chapter 53INDIANS
Chapter 55KIDNAPPING
Chapter 57LABOR
Chapter 59LIQUOR TRAFFIC
Chapter 61LOTTERIES
Chapter 63MAIL FRAUD AND OTHER FRAUD OFFENSES
Chapter 65MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
Chapter 67MILITARY AND NAVY
Chapter 69NATIONALITY AND CITIZENSHIP
Chapter 71OBSCENITY
Chapter 73OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
Chapter 74PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTIONS
Chapter 75PASSPORTS AND VISAS
Chapter 77PEONAGE, SLAVERY, AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
Chapter 79PERJURY
Chapter 81PIRACY AND PRIVATEERING
Chapter 83POSTAL SERVICE
Chapter 84PRESIDENTIAL AND PRESIDENTIAL STAFF ASSASSINATION, KIDNAPPING, AND ASSAULT
Chapter 85PRISON-MADE GOODS
Chapter 87PRISONS
Chapter 88PRIVACY
Chapter 90PROTECTION OF TRADE SECRETS
Chapter 90APROTECTION OF UNBORN CHILDREN
Chapter 91PUBLIC LANDS
Chapter 93PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Chapter 95RACKETEERING
Chapter 96RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS
Chapter 97RAILROAD CARRIERS AND MASS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ON LAND, ON WATER, OR THROUGH THE AIR
Chapter 101RECORDS AND REPORTS
Chapter 102RIOTS
Chapter 103ROBBERY AND BURGLARY
Chapter 105SABOTAGE
Chapter 107SEAMEN AND STOWAWAYS
Chapter 109SEARCHES AND SEIZURES
Chapter 109ASEXUAL ABUSE
Chapter 109BSEX OFFENDER AND CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN REGISTRY
Chapter 110SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND OTHER ABUSE OF CHILDREN
Chapter 110ADOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND STALKING
Chapter 111SHIPPING
Chapter 111ADESTRUCTION OF, OR INTERFERENCE WITH, VESSELS OR MARITIME FACILITIES
Chapter 113STOLEN PROPERTY
Chapter 113ATELEMARKETING AND EMAIL MARKETING FRAUD
Chapter 113BTERRORISM
Chapter 113CTORTURE
Chapter 114TRAFFICKING IN CONTRABAND CIGARETTES AND SMOKELESS TOBACCO
Chapter 115TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES
Chapter 117TRANSPORTATION FOR ILLEGAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND RELATED CRIMES
Chapter 118WAR CRIMES
Chapter 119WIRE AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS INTERCEPTION AND INTERCEPTION OF ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Chapter 121STORED WIRE AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSACTIONAL RECORDS ACCESS
Chapter 123PROHIBITION ON RELEASE AND USE OF CERTAIN PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM STATE MOTOR VEHICLE RECORDS
Chapter 201GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 203ARREST AND COMMITMENT
Chapter 204REWARDS FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING TERRORIST ACTS AND ESPIONAGE
Chapter 205SEARCHES AND SEIZURES
Chapter 206PEN REGISTERS AND TRAP AND TRACE DEVICES
Chapter 207RELEASE AND DETENTION PENDING JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Chapter 208SPEEDY TRIAL
Chapter 209EXTRADITION
Chapter 211JURISDICTION AND VENUE
Chapter 212MILITARY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION
Chapter 212AEXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OVER CERTAIN OFFENSES
Chapter 213LIMITATIONS
Chapter 215GRAND JURY
Chapter 216SPECIAL GRAND JURY
Chapter 219TRIAL BY UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGES
Chapter 221ARRAIGNMENT, PLEAS AND TRIAL
Chapter 223WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE
Chapter 224PROTECTION OF WITNESSES
Chapter SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter SUBCHAPTER B—PROBATION
Chapter SUBCHAPTER C—FINES
Chapter SUBCHAPTER D—IMPRISONMENT
Chapter 228DEATH SENTENCE
Chapter 228APOST-CONVICTION DNA TESTING
Chapter SUBCHAPTER A—PROBATION
Chapter SUBCHAPTER B—FINES
Chapter SUBCHAPTER C—IMPRISONMENT
Chapter SUBCHAPTER D—RISK AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT SYSTEM
Chapter 232MISCELLANEOUS SENTENCING PROVISIONS
Chapter 232ASPECIAL FORFEITURE OF COLLATERAL PROFITS OF CRIME
Chapter 233CONTEMPTS
Chapter 235APPEAL
Chapter 237CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS
Chapter 238SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS' RIGHTS
Chapter 301GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 303BUREAU OF PRISONS
Chapter 305COMMITMENT AND TRANSFER
Chapter 306TRANSFER TO OR FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES
Chapter 307EMPLOYMENT
Chapter 313OFFENDERS WITH MENTAL DISEASE OR DEFECT
Chapter 315DISCHARGE AND RELEASE PAYMENTS
Chapter 317INSTITUTIONS FOR WOMEN
Chapter 319NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CORRECTIONS
Chapter 401GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 403JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
Chapter 601IMMUNITY OF WITNESSES