Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 18


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Title 18 - Notes
     THIS TITLE WAS ENACTED BY ACT JUNE 25, 1948, CH. 645, SEC. 1, 62
                                 STAT. 683
    Part                                                             Sec.
    I.      Crimes                                                     1
    II.     Criminal Procedure                                      3001
    III.    Prisons and Prisoners                                   4001
    IV.     Correction of Youthful Offenders                        5001
    V.      Immunity of Witnesses                                   6001
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1970 - Pub. L. 91-452, title II, Sec. 201(b), Oct. 15, 1970, 84
    Stat. 928, added Part V.
       TABLE SHOWING DISPOSITION OF ALL SECTIONS OF FORMER TITLE 18   
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                Title 18                            Title 18            
            Former Sections                       New Sections          
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    1, 2                               2381                             
    3                                  2382                             
    4                                  2383                             
    5                                  953                              
    6                                  2384                             
    7                                  2389                             
    8                                  2390                             
    9                                  2387                             
    10                                 2385                             
    11                                 2385, 2387                       
    12                                 Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 41(c).     
    13                                 2385, 2387                       
    14-17                              2386                             
    21                                 958                              
    22                                 959                              
    23                                 962                              
    24                                 961                              
    25                                 960                              
    26                                 T. 22 Sec. 461                   
    27                                 T. 22 Sec. 462                   
    28                                 T. 22 Sec. 463                   
    29                                 T. 22 Sec. 464                   
    30                                 959                              
    31                                 967                              
    32                                 963                              
    33                                 964                              
    34                                 965                              
    35                                 966                              
    36                                 963, 964, 965, 966, 967          
    37                                 756, 3058                        
    38                                 T. 22 Sec. 465                   
    39                                 5, 3241                          
    51                                 241                              
    52                                 242                              
    53                                 Rep.                             
    53a                                2236                             
    54                                 372                              
    55                                 592                              
    56-58                              593                              
    59                                 592, 593                         
    61                                 594                              
    61a                                595                              
    61b                                600                              
    61c                                601                              
    61d                                604                              
    61e                                605                              
    61f                                598                              
    61g                                594, 595, 598, 600, 601, 604, 605
    61h                                T. 5 Sec. 118i (See Rev. T. 5    
                                        Table)                          
    61i                                T. 5 Sec. 118j (See Rev. T. 5    
                                        Table)                          
    61j, 61k                           Rep.                             
    61l                                T. 5 Sec. 118k (See Rev. T. 5    
                                        Table)                          
    61m                                608                              
    61m-1                              611                              
    61n                                595                              
    61o                                T. 5 Sec. 118l (See Rev. T. 5    
                                        Table)                          
    61p                                T. 5 Sec. 118m (See Rev. T. 5    
                                        Table)                          
    61q                                Rep.                             
    61r                                T. 5 Sec. 118n (See Rev. T. 5    
                                        Table)                          
    61s                                595                              
    61t                                610                              
    61u                                595                              
    61v-61x                            Elim.                            
    62-62b                             612                              
    71                                 497                              
    72                                 494                              
    73                                 495                              
    74                                 1002                             
    75                                 1016                             
    76                                 912                              
    76a, 76b                           701                              
    76c                                707, 916                         
    76d                                707                              
    76e                                705                              
    77                                 Rep.                             
    77a                                913                              
    78                                 914                              
    79                                 1003                             
    80                                 287, 1001                        
    81                                 289                              
    82                                 641, 1361                        
    83                                 286                              
    84                                 1022                             
    85                                 1023                             
    86                                 1024                             
    87                                 641                              
    88                                 371                              
    89                                 871                              
    90                                 T. 34 Sec. 1167 (See Rev. T. 34  
                                        Table)                          
    91                                 201                              
    92                                 285                              
    93                                 434                              
    94                                 1381                             
    95                                 1232                             
    96                                 2152                             
    97                                 1382                             
    97a                                1383                             
    97b                                757                              
    98                                 11, 957                          
    99                                 2112                             
    100                                641                              
    101                                641, 3435                        
    102                                Rep.                             
    103                                1852                             
    103a, 103b                         1851                             
    104                                1853                             
    105                                1854                             
    106                                1855                             
    107                                1856                             
    107a                               1863                             
    108                                3613                             
    109                                1862                             
    110                                1857                             
    111                                1858                             
    112                                1859                             
    113                                1860                             
    114                                1861                             
    115                                T. 25 Sec. 202                   
    116                                1362                             
    117                                2074                             
    118                                111                              
    119                                496                              
    120                                551                              
    121                                2231, 2232, 2233                 
    122                                T. 19 Sec. 70                    
    123                                912                              
    124                                211                              
    125                                543                              
    126                                541                              
    127                                1019                             
    128                                2233                             
    129                                507                              
    130                                1017                             
    131                                506                              
    132                                499                              
    133                                5                                
    134, 135                           Rep.                             
    136                                498                              
    137-143                            Rep.                             
    144                                2194                             
    145                                41                               
    146                                508                              
    147                                509                              
    148                                3056                             
    149                                210                              
    150                                211                              
    151                                210, 211                         
    171                                872                              
    172                                652                              
    173                                653                              
    174                                650                              
    175                                648                              
    176                                643                              
    177, 178                           649                              
    178a                               371                              
    179                                3497                             
    180                                3487                             
    181                                6514                             
    182                                641                              
    183                                654                              
    184                                435                              
    185                                646                              
    186                                645                              
    187                                647                              
    188                                2075                             
    189                                2073                             
    190, 191                           Rep.                             
    192                                1901                             
    193                                291                              
    194                                1091                             
    195                                1018                             
    196                                1912                             
    198, 198a                          283                              
    199                                205                              
    200                                204                              
    201                                1913                             
    202                                216                              
    203                                281                              
    204                                431                              
    205                                432                              
    206                                433                              
    207                                202                              
    208                                602                              
    209                                603                              
    210                                606                              
    211                                607                              
    212                                602, 603, 606, 607               
    213                                T. 5 Sec. 118o (See Rev. T. 5    
                                        Table)                          
    214                                1902                             
    215                                2072                             
    216                                1905                             
    231                                1621                             
    232                                1622                             
    233                                1506                             
    234, 235                           2071                             
    236                                505                              
    237                                206                              
    238                                207                              
    239                                208                              
    240                                210                              
    241                                1503                             
    241a                               1505                             
    242                                Rep.                             
    243                                1504                             
    244                                755                              
    245                                1501                             
    246                                752, 1071                        
    247                                752                              
    248                                753                              
    249                                754                              
    250                                873                              
    251                                4                                
    252                                752, 1792                        
    253                                1114, 2231                       
    254                                111, 2231                        
    261                                8                                
    262                                471                              
    263                                Rep.                             
    264                                474                              
    265                                472                              
    266                                476                              
    267                                477                              
    268                                473                              
    269                                642                              
    270                                478                              
    271                                479                              
    272                                482                              
    273                                483                              
    274                                480                              
    275                                481                              
    276                                484                              
    277                                485                              
    278                                490                              
    279                                331                              
    280                                332                              
    281                                486                              
    282, 282a                          491                              
    283                                487                              
    284                                488                              
    285                                489                              
    286                                492                              
    287                                Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 41(a),     
                                        (b), (f).                       
    288                                11                               
    289                                335                              
    290                                Rep.                             
    291                                333                              
    292                                475                              
    293                                336                              
    294                                371                              
    301                                12                               
    302                                1729                             
    303                                1693                             
    304                                1696                             
    305                                1697                             
    306                                1696                             
    307                                1694                             
    308                                1695                             
    309                                1696                             
    310                                1730                             
    311                                1731                             
    312                                1706                             
    313                                1707                             
    314                                1704                             
    315                                2115                             
    316                                2116                             
    317                                1702, 1708                       
    318                                1703, 1709                       
    319                                1703, 1710                       
    320                                2114                             
    321                                1705, 1708                       
    321a                               1725                             
    322                                1700                             
    323                                1698                             
    324, 325                           1701                             
    326                                1724                             
    327                                1699                             
    328                                1720                             
    329                                1712                             
    330                                1726                             
    331                                1721                             
    332                                1727                             
    333                                1713                             
    334                                1461                             
    335                                1463, 1718                       
    336                                1302                             
    337                                1303                             
    338                                1341                             
    338a                               876, 3239                        
    338b                               877, 3239                        
    338c                               1714                             
    338d                               Rep.                             
    339                                1342                             
    340                                1716                             
    341, 342                           Rep.                             
    343-345                            1717                             
    346                                5, 1717                          
    347                                500                              
    348                                501                              
    349                                11, 502                          
    349a                               503                              
    350                                504                              
    351                                1723                             
    352                                1732                             
    353                                1722                             
    354                                288                              
    355                                1711, 3497                       
    356                                440                              
    357                                1719                             
    358                                1728                             
    359                                1692                             
    360                                12                               
    361                                1715                             
    381                                5, 1364                          
    382                                831, 832                         
    383                                835                              
    384                                833                              
    385                                832, 833, 834, 835               
    386                                832, 833, 834, 835               
    387                                1301                             
    388                                1264                             
    389                                1265                             
    390                                1263                             
    391                                42                               
    392                                43                               
    393                                44                               
    393a                               43, 44, 3054, 3112               
    394                                42, 43, 44                       
    395                                T. 16 Sec. 667e                  
    396                                1462                             
    396a, 396b                         1761                             
    396c-396e                          1762                             
    397, 398                           2421                             
    399                                2422                             
    400                                2423                             
    401                                2421                             
    402(1)                             T. 8 Sec. 1557                   
    402(2), (3)                        2424                             
    403                                Rep.                             
    404                                2421                             
    405-407                            Rep.                             
    407a                               1231                             
    408                                10, 2311, 2312, 2313             
    408a                               1201                             
    408b                               10                               
    408c                               1201                             
    408c-1                             1202                             
    408d                               875, 3239                        
    408e                               1073                             
    409                                659, 660, 2117                   
    410, 411                           659                              
    412                                660                              
    412a                               1992                             
    413                                Rep.                             
    414(a)                             10                               
    414(b), (c)                        2311                             
    415                                2314                             
    416                                2315                             
    417                                2311                             
    418, 418a, 419                     Rep.                             
    419a(a)                            2311                             
    419a(b)                            10                               
    419b                               2316                             
    419c                               2317                             
    419d                               Rep.                             
    420                                T. 4 Sec. 112                    
    420a to 420e-1                     1951                             
    420f-420h                          1821                             
    421, 422                           1585                             
    423                                1584                             
    424                                1582                             
    425                                1585                             
    426                                1587                             
    427                                1586                             
    428                                1588                             
    429-442                            T. 46 Secs. 1351-1364 (See Rev.  
                                        T. 46 Table)                    
    443                                1583                             
    444, 445                           1581                             
    446                                1584                             
    451                                7                                
    452                                1111                             
    453                                1112                             
    454                                1111, 1112                       
    455                                113                              
    456                                1113                             
    457                                2031                             
    458                                2032                             
    459                                2198                             
    460                                2198, 3286, 3614                 
    461                                1115                             
    462                                114                              
    463                                2111                             
    464                                81, 1363                         
    465                                81, 1363                         
    466                                661                              
    467                                662, 3435                        
    467a                               1025                             
    468                                13                               
    469-474                            2199                             
    481                                1651                             
    482                                2191                             
    483                                2192                             
    484                                2193                             
    485                                1655                             
    486                                2195                             
    487                                2271                             
    488                                1658                             
    489                                1659                             
    490                                2276                             
    491                                2272                             
    492                                2273                             
    493                                1661                             
    494                                1654                             
    495                                1652                             
    496                                1653                             
    497                                1656                             
    498                                1657                             
    499, 500                           969                              
    501                                9                                
    502                                5, 2275                          
    503, 504                           2277                             
    505                                1081                             
    506                                1082                             
    507                                1083                             
    508, 511-518                       Rep.                             
    518a                               1384                             
    519-521                            Rep.                             
    522                                1991                             
    523                                244                              
    532-535                            Rep.                             
    536                                T. 50 Sec. 42                    
    541                                1                                
    542                                3566                             
    543                                3567                             
    544                                3563                             
    545                                3564                             
    546, 547                           3231                             
    548                                1151, 1153, 3242                 
    549                                1151, 1153                       
    550                                2                                
    551                                3                                
    552                                1660                             
    553                                3236                             
    554                                Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 6(f).      
    554a                               Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 6.         
    555                                Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 7(a).      
    556                                Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 6(d),      
                                        52(a).                          
    556a                               3288, 3289                       
    556b                               Rep.                             
    557                                Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 8, 13, 14. 
    558                                Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 7.         
    559                                Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 7.         
    560                                Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 7.         
    561                                Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 12(b)(5).  
    562                                3432                             
    562a                               Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 10.        
    563                                3005                             
    564                                Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 11,        
                                        12(b)(3).                       
    565                                Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 31(c).     
    566                                Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 31(a), (b).
    567                                1111                             
    568                                3570                             
    569                                3565                             
    570                                3612                             
    571-573                            Rep.                             
    574                                3241                             
    575                                3059                             
    576                                3401                             
    576a                               3402                             
    576b-576d                          3401                             
    581                                Rep.                             
    581a, 581b                         3281                             
    582                                3282                             
    583                                3290                             
    584                                3283                             
    585                                T. 26 [I.R.C. 1939] Sec. 3748(a) 
                                        (See T. 26 [I.R.C. 1986] Sec.   
                                        6531)                           
    586                                T. 26 [I.R.C. 1939] Sec. 3748(b) 
                                        (See T. 26 [I.R.C. 1986] Sec.   
                                        6531)                           
    587                                3288                             
    588                                3289                             
    589                                3288, 3289                       
    590                                Rep.                             
    590a                               3287                             
    591                                3041                             
    592                                Rep.                             
    593                                Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 5(a).      
    594                                3045                             
    595                                Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 4, 5.      
    596, 597                           3141                             
    598                                3144                             
    599                                3142                             
    600                                3143                             
    601                                Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 46(f)(1),  
                                        (2).                            
    602                                3047                             
    603                                4084                             
    604                                3049                             
    605                                3012                             
    611-616                            Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 41.        
    617                                3105                             
    618, 619                           3109                             
    620-626                            Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 41.        
    627                                Rep.                             
    628                                2231                             
    629                                1621                             
    630                                2235                             
    631                                2234                             
    632                                5                                
    633                                Rep.                             
    641                                3569                             
    642, 643                           T. 46 Secs. 7, 8 (See Rev. T. 46 
                                        Table)                          
    644                                T. 28 Sec. 1822                  
    645                                3611                             
    646                                3617                             
    647                                3616                             
    651                                3184                             
    652                                3185                             
    653                                3186                             
    654                                3188                             
    655                                3190                             
    656                                3191                             
    657                                3189                             
    658                                3181                             
    659                                3192                             
    660                                3051, 3193                       
    661                                752, 1502                        
    662                                3182, 3195                       
    662a                               5001                             
    662b                               3042                             
    662c                               752, 3183, 3195                  
    662d                               3187, 3195                       
    662e                               755                              
    663                                3194                             
    664                                Rep.                             
    665                                755                              
    666, 667                           Rep.                             
    668                                3195, 3498                       
    669-676                            D.C. Code, Secs. 23-701, 23-702, 
                                        23-705                          
    681                                Rep. See Cr. Proc. R. 37.        
    682                                3731                             
    683                                Rep.                             
    687                                3771                             
    688                                3772                             
    689                                3771, 3772                       
    691                                Rep.                             
    692                                4086                             
    693-700                            Rep.                             
    701                                4007                             
    702                                Rep.                             
    703                                4006                             
    704                                D.C. Code, Sec. 24-424           
    704a                               D.C. Code, Sec. 24-423           
    705-707                            Rep.                             
    708, 709                           436                              
    709a                               3568                             
    710, 710a                          4161                             
    711                                4166                             
    712, 712a                          Rep.                             
    713                                4163, 4165                       
    714                                4202                             
    715                                Rep.                             
    716                                4203, 4204                       
    716a                               4203                             
    716b                               4164                             
    717                                4205                             
    718                                4206                             
    719                                4207                             
    720                                Rep.                             
    721                                4281                             
    722                                Rep.                             
    723                                3570                             
    723a                               4201                             
    723b                               Rep.                             
    723c                               4205                             
    724                                3651                             
    725                                3653                             
    726                                3654                             
    726-1, 726a                        T. 28 Sec. 604                   
    727                                3655                             
    728                                3656                             
    729                                T. 28 Secs. 1495, 2513           
    730-732                            T. 28 Sec. 2513                  
    733-733b                           4085                             
    741                                4001                             
    742-744                            Rep.                             
    744a                               4122                             
    744b                               4125                             
    744c                               4122, 4123                       
    744d-744f                          4126                             
    744g                               4124                             
    744h                               4162                             
    744h-l                             Rep.                             
    744i, 744j                         4121                             
    744k                               4122                             
    744l                               4126                             
    744m                               4127                             
    744n                               4128                             
    744o-744r                          Elim.                            
    745                                Rep.                             
    746                                4281                             
    746a                               4282                             
    746b                               4283                             
    747-749                            Rep.                             
    750                                T. 5 Sec. 678b (See Rev. T. 5    
                                        Table)                          
    751, 752                           4005                             
    753                                4041                             
    753a                               4042                             
    753b                               4002, 4042                       
    753c                               4003                             
    753d                               4009                             
    753e                               4001                             
    753f                               4082, 4083                       
    753g                               4008                             
    753h                               751                              
    753i                               752, 1072                        
    753j                               1791                             
    753k                               3050                             
    754                                4004                             
    761                                Rep.                             
    762                                4083                             
    763-776, 791-801, 811-815          Rep.                             
    816                                4321                             
    817-819, 831-840                   Rep.                             
    851                                4125                             
    852                                Rep.                             
    853-855                            4125                             
    871-875                            Rep.                             
    876                                4241                             
    877                                4242                             
    878                                4243                             
    879, 880, 901-906                  Rep.                             
    907                                4081                             
    908                                1791                             
    909                                751                              
    910                                752, 1072                        
    911, 912                           Rep.                             
    921                                5031                             
    922                                5032, 5033                       
    923                                5033                             
    924                                5034                             
    925                                5035                             
    926                                5036                             
    927                                5037                             
    928                                Elim.                            
    929                                Rep.                             
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                          POSITIVE LAW; CITATION                      
      Section 1 of act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 683, provided
    in part that: "Title 18 of the United States Code, entitled 'Crimes
    and Criminal Procedure', is hereby revised, codified and enacted
    into positive law, and may be cited as 'Title 18, U.S.C., Sec.  -
    .' "
                         LEGISLATIVE CONSTRUCTION                     
      Section 19 of act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 862, provided
    that: "No inference of a legislative construction is to be drawn by
    reason of the chapter in Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure,
    as set out in section 1 of this Act, in which any particular
    section is placed, nor by reason of the catchlines used in such
    title."
                               SEPARABILITY                           
      Section 18 of act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 862, provided
    that: "If any part of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, as
    set out in section 1 of this Act, shall be held invalid the
    remainder shall not be affected thereby."
                              EFFECTIVE DATE                          
      Section 20 of act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 862, provided
    that the revision of this title shall be effective Sept. 1, 1948.
                      EXISTING RIGHTS OR LIABILITIES                  
      Section 21 of act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 862, provided
    in part that any right or liabilities now existing under repealed
    sections or parts thereof shall not be affected by the repeal.
                REPEALED, TRANSFERRED, AND OMITTED SECTIONS            
      All former sections of Title 18 were repealed, transferred to
    other titles, or omitted by said act June 25, 1948, except for
    sections 595, 644, 726-1, 726a, 729, 730, and 732 which were
    repealed by act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 687, the act
    revising and codifying Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure,
    into positive law.
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                    TITLE REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS                
      This title is referred to in title 2 section 437g; title 6
    section 133; title 7 sections 7734, 8313; title 8 sections 1160,
    1253, 1255a, 1282, 1324, 1324c, 1325, 1326, 1327, 1328, 1534; title
    10 sections 976, 2323, 2507, 2538; title 11 section 523; title 12
    sections 93, 1441a, 1464, 1772d, 1786, 1818, 1822, 3108, 4204,
    4224; title 15 sections 1245, 1681q, 1681r, 5408, 6823, 7704; title
    16 sections 256b, 668dd, 707, 1437, 3373, 3375, 4224, 4306, 4912,
    5010, 5305a, 5508; title 19 section 1308; title 21 sections 104,
    333, 841, 842, 843, 844, 848, 858, 863, 960, 1906; title 22
    sections 6744, 6761; title 28 section 994; title 29 section 1136;
    title 31 section 5324; title 33 sections 1321, 1415, 2609; title 36
    section 509; title 38 sections 901, 5905, 6101, 6102; title 40
    sections 1315, 3708, 5109, 6137, 6307, 8103, 14309; title 41
    sections 54, 423; title 42 sections 263a, 274k, 289g-2, 290cc-32,
    290dd-2, 300d-20, 300h-2, 300i-1, 300j-23, 300x-56, 300dd-9,
    300ee-19, 405, 408, 1011, 1320b-6, 1383, 1383a, 1395ss, 1490s,
    1973gg-10, 3215, 3537a, 3631, 7413, 9603, 9612, 14081, 14135a,
    14135b, 14405; title 46 sections 12507, 31306, 31330; title 46 App.
    section 808; title 47 sections 223, 559; title 48 sections 1424-4,
    1614, 1821; title 49 sections 1155, 5124, 5126, 14903, 14905,
    14909, 14912, 16102, 16103, 16104, 16105, 21311, 28302, 30170,
    30307, 32507, 32709, 46306, 46307, 46308, 46309, 46310, 46311,
    46312, 46313, 46314, 46315, 46316, 46317, 46503, 46504, 46505,
    46506, 46507, 47126, 47306, 60123, 80116, 80501; title 50 section
    421; title 50 App. sections 531, 532, 533, 535, 536, 537.
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