Title 18 – Crimes and Criminal Procedure

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Title 18 – Crimes and Criminal Procedure is the portion of the United States Code that defines federal crimes and outlines the procedures for criminal prosecutions in the federal court system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf federal statute collection
title of the United States Code
appliesTo federal criminal prosecutions
authority United States Congress
citationFormat 18 U.S.C. § [section number]
contains definitions of criminal offenses
general provisions on crimes and criminal procedure
penalties for federal crimes
provisions on civil rights offenses
provisions on computer and cybercrime offenses
provisions on firearms and explosives offenses
provisions on fraud and false statements
provisions on kidnapping
provisions on mail and wire fraud
provisions on money laundering
provisions on obstruction of justice
provisions on organized crime and racketeering
provisions on piracy and offenses on the high seas
provisions on public corruption offenses
provisions on robbery and burglary affecting interstate commerce
provisions on sexual exploitation and abuse offenses
provisions on terrorism-related offenses
provisions on treason and sedition
rules for appeals in federal criminal cases
rules for arrest, search, and seizure in federal cases
rules for extradition and removal
rules for imprisonment and corrections in federal system
rules for prosecution and trial of federal offenses
rules for sentencing in federal criminal cases
rules for witnesses and evidence in federal criminal cases
country United States of America
surface form: United States
defines federal crimes
governs United States federal criminal law
jurisdiction federal jurisdiction
language English
legalDomain criminal law
criminal procedure
legalStatus in force
maintainedBy Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives
officialName Title 18 – Crimes and Criminal Procedure self-linksurface differs
partOf United States Code
publisher Government Printing Office
surface form: United States Government Publishing Office
regulates criminal procedure in federal courts
scope nationwide within the United States
shortName Title 18 of the United States Code
surface form: Title 18 U.S.C.
usedBy federal courts
federal law enforcement agencies
federal prosecutors

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USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 amends Title 18 – Crimes and Criminal Procedure
this entity surface form: federal criminal code of the United States
United States Code hasComponent Title 18 – Crimes and Criminal Procedure
intelligence elements of the Federal Bureau of Investigation legalBasis Title 18 – Crimes and Criminal Procedure
this entity surface form: United States Code Title 18
Title 18 – Crimes and Criminal Procedure officialName Title 18 – Crimes and Criminal Procedure self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Title 18 of the United States Code