Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Every section of Title 18 of the United States Code, crimes and criminal procedure — 1,396 sections, full text, with the cases that cite each one.

• 18 U.S.C. § 1003 — Demands against the United States
• 18 U.S.C. § 1004 — Certification of checks
• 18 U.S.C. § 1005 — Bank entries, reports and transactions
• 18 U.S.C. § 1006 — Federal credit institution entries, reports and transactions
• 18 U.S.C. § 1007 — Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation transactions
• 18 U.S.C. § 1008,_1009 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–73, title IX, §§961(g)(1), 962(a)(3), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 500, 502
• 18 U.S.C. § 1010 — Department of Housing and Urban Development and Federal Housing Administration transactions
• 18 U.S.C. § 1011 — Federal land bank mortgage transactions
• 18 U.S.C. § 1012 — Department of Housing and Urban Development transactions
• 18 U.S.C. § 1013 — Farm loan bonds and credit bank debentures
• 18 U.S.C. § 1014 — Loan and credit applications generally; renewals and discounts; crop insurance
• 18 U.S.C. § 1015 — Naturalization, citizenship or alien registry
• 18 U.S.C. § 1016 — Acknowledgment of appearance or oath
• 18 U.S.C. § 1017 — Government seals wrongfully used and instruments wrongfully sealed
• 18 U.S.C. § 1018 — Official certificates or writings
• 18 U.S.C. § 1019 — Certificates by consular officers
• 18 U.S.C. § 1020 — Highway projects
• 18 U.S.C. § 1021 — Title records
• 18 U.S.C. § 1022 — Delivery of certificate, voucher, receipt for military or naval property
• 18 U.S.C. § 1023 — Insufficient delivery of money or property for military or naval service
• 18 U.S.C. § 1024 — Purchase or receipt of military, naval, or veteran's facilities property
• 18 U.S.C. § 1025 — False pretenses on high seas and other waters
• 18 U.S.C. § 1026 — Compromise, adjustment, or cancellation of farm indebtedness
• 18 U.S.C. § 1027 — False statements and concealment of facts in relation to documents required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
• 18 U.S.C. § 1028 — Fraud and related activity in connection with identification documents, authentication features, and information
• 18 U.S.C. § 1028A — Aggravated identity theft
• 18 U.S.C. § 1029 — Fraud and related activity in connection with access devices
• 18 U.S.C. § 1030 — Fraud and related activity in connection with computers
• 18 U.S.C. § 1031 — Major fraud against the United States
• 18 U.S.C. § 1032 — Concealment of assets from conservator, receiver, or liquidating agent
• 18 U.S.C. § 1033 — Crimes by or affecting persons engaged in the business of insurance whose activities affect interstate commerce
• 18 U.S.C. § 1034 — Civil penalties and injunctions for violations of section 1033
• 18 U.S.C. § 1035 — False statements relating to health care matters
• 18 U.S.C. § 1036 — Entry by false pretenses to any real property, vessel, or aircraft of the United States or secure area of any airport or seaport
• 18 U.S.C. § 1037 — Fraud and related activity in connection with electronic mail
• 18 U.S.C. § 1038 — False information and hoaxes
• 18 U.S.C. § 1039 — Fraud and related activity in connection with obtaining confidential phone records information of a covered entity
• 18 U.S.C. § 1040 — Fraud in connection with major disaster or emergency benefits
• 18 U.S.C. § 1071 — Concealing person from arrest
• 18 U.S.C. § 1072 — Concealing escaped prisoner
• 18 U.S.C. § 1073 — Flight to avoid prosecution or giving testimony
• 18 U.S.C. § 1074 — Flight to avoid prosecution for damaging or destroying any building or other real or personal property
• 18 U.S.C. § 1081 — Definitions
• 18 U.S.C. § 1082 — Gambling ships
• 18 U.S.C. § 1083 — Transportation between shore and ship; penalties
• 18 U.S.C. § 1084 — Transmission of wagering information; penalties
• 18 U.S.C. § 1091 — Genocide
• 18 U.S.C. § 1092 — Exclusive remedies
• 18 U.S.C. § 1093 — Definitions
• 18 U.S.C. § 1111 — Murder
• 18 U.S.C. § 1112 — Manslaughter
• 18 U.S.C. § 1113 — Attempt to commit murder or manslaughter
• 18 U.S.C. § 1114 — Protection of officers and employees of the United States
• 18 U.S.C. § 1115 — Misconduct or neglect of ship officers
• 18 U.S.C. § 1116 — Murder or manslaughter of foreign officials, official guests, or internationally protected persons
• 18 U.S.C. § 1117 — Conspiracy to murder
• 18 U.S.C. § 1118 — Murder by a Federal prisoner
• 18 U.S.C. § 1119 — Foreign murder of United States nationals
• 18 U.S.C. § 1120 — Murder by escaped prisoners
• 18 U.S.C. § 1121 — Killing persons aiding Federal investigations or State correctional officers
• 18 U.S.C. § 1122 — Protection against the human immunodeficiency virus
• 18 U.S.C. § 1151 — Indian country defined
• 18 U.S.C. § 1152 — Laws governing
• 18 U.S.C. § 1153 — Offenses committed within Indian country
• 18 U.S.C. § 1154 — Intoxicants dispensed in Indian country
• 18 U.S.C. § 1155 — Intoxicants dispensed on school site
• 18 U.S.C. § 1156 — Intoxicants possessed unlawfully
• 18 U.S.C. § 1157 — Repealed. Pub. L. 85–86, July 10, 1957, 71 Stat. 277
• 18 U.S.C. § 1158 — Counterfeiting Indian Arts and Crafts Board trade mark
• 18 U.S.C. § 1159 — Misrepresentation of Indian produced goods and products
• 18 U.S.C. § 1160 — Property damaged in committing offense
• 18 U.S.C. § 1161 — Application of Indian liquor laws
• 18 U.S.C. § 1162 — State jurisdiction over offenses committed by or against Indians in the Indian country
• 18 U.S.C. § 1163 — Embezzlement and theft from Indian tribal organizations
• 18 U.S.C. § 1164 — Destroying boundary and warning signs
• 18 U.S.C. § 1165 — Hunting, trapping, or fishing on Indian land
• 18 U.S.C. § 1166 — Gambling in Indian country
• 18 U.S.C. § 1167 — Theft from gaming establishments on Indian lands
• 18 U.S.C. § 1168 — Theft by officers or employees of gaming establishments on Indian lands
• 18 U.S.C. § 1169 — Reporting of child abuse
• 18 U.S.C. § 1170 — Illegal trafficking in Native American human remains and cultural items
• 18 U.S.C. § 1201 — Kidnapping
• 18 U.S.C. § 1202 — Ransom money
• 18 U.S.C. § 1203 — Hostage taking
• 18 U.S.C. § 1204 — International parental kidnapping
• 18 U.S.C. § 1231 — Transportation of strikebreakers
• 18 U.S.C. § 1232 — Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §53, 70A Stat. 641
• 18 U.S.C. § 1261 — Enforcement, regulations, and scope
• 18 U.S.C. § 1262 — Transportation into State prohibiting sale
• 18 U.S.C. § 1263 — Marks and labels on packages
• 18 U.S.C. § 1264 — Delivery to consignee
• 18 U.S.C. § 1265 — C.O.D. shipments prohibited
• 18 U.S.C. § 1301 — Importing or transporting lottery tickets
• 18 U.S.C. § 1302 — Mailing lottery tickets or related matter
• 18 U.S.C. § 1303 — Postmaster or employee as lottery agent 1
• 18 U.S.C. § 1304 — Broadcasting lottery information
• 18 U.S.C. § 1305 — Fishing contests
• 18 U.S.C. § 1306 — Participation by financial institutions
• 18 U.S.C. § 1307 — Exceptions relating to certain advertisements and other information and to State-conducted lotteries
• 18 U.S.C. § 1308 — Limitation of applicability
• 18 U.S.C. § 1341 — Frauds and swindles
• 18 U.S.C. § 1342 — Fictitious name or address
• 18 U.S.C. § 1343 — Fraud by wire, radio, or television
• 18 U.S.C. § 1344 — Bank fraud
• 18 U.S.C. § 1345 — Injunctions against fraud
• 18 U.S.C. § 1346 — Definition of "scheme or artifice to defraud"
• 18 U.S.C. § 1347 — Health care fraud
• 18 U.S.C. § 1348 — Securities and commodities fraud
• 18 U.S.C. § 1349 — Attempt and conspiracy
• 18 U.S.C. § 1350 — Failure of corporate officers to certify financial reports
• 18 U.S.C. § 1351 — Fraud in foreign labor contracting
• 18 U.S.C. § 1352 — Demands by foreign officials for bribes
• 18 U.S.C. § 1361 — Government property or contracts
• 18 U.S.C. § 1362 — Communication lines, stations or systems
• 18 U.S.C. § 1363 — Buildings or property within special maritime and territorial jurisdiction
• 18 U.S.C. § 1364 — Interference with foreign commerce by violence
• 18 U.S.C. § 1365 — Tampering with consumer products
• 18 U.S.C. § 1366 — Destruction of an energy facility
• 18 U.S.C. § 1367 — Interference with the operation of a satellite
• 18 U.S.C. § 1368 — Harming animals used in law enforcement
• 18 U.S.C. § 1369 — Destruction of veterans' memorials
• 18 U.S.C. § 1381 — Enticing desertion and harboring deserters
• 18 U.S.C. § 1382 — Entering military, naval, or Coast Guard property
• 18 U.S.C. § 1383 — Repealed. Pub. L. 94–412, title V, §501(e), Sept. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1258
• 18 U.S.C. § 1384 — Prostitution near military and naval establishments
• 18 U.S.C. § 1385 — Use of Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force as posse comitatus
• 18 U.S.C. § 1386 — Keys and keyways used in security applications by the Department of Defense
• 18 U.S.C. § 1387 — Demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery
• 18 U.S.C. § 1388 — Prohibition on disruptions of funerals of members or former members of the Armed Forces
• 18 U.S.C. § 1389 — Prohibition on attacks on United States servicemen on account of service
• 18 U.S.C. § 1401_to_1407 — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–513, title III, §1101(b)(1)(A), Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1292
• 18 U.S.C. § 1421 — Accounts of court officers
• 18 U.S.C. § 1422 — Fees in naturalization proceedings
• 18 U.S.C. § 1423 — Misuse of evidence of citizenship or naturalization
• 18 U.S.C. § 1424 — Personation or misuse of papers in naturalization proceedings
• 18 U.S.C. § 1425 — Procurement of citizenship or naturalization unlawfully
• 18 U.S.C. § 1426 — Reproduction of naturalization or citizenship papers
• 18 U.S.C. § 1427 — Sale of naturalization or citizenship papers
• 18 U.S.C. § 1428 — Surrender of canceled naturalization certificate
• 18 U.S.C. § 1429 — Penalties for neglect or refusal to answer subpena
• 18 U.S.C. § 1460 — Possession with intent to sell, and sale, of obscene matter on Federal property
• 18 U.S.C. § 1461 — Mailing obscene or crime-inciting matter
• 18 U.S.C. § 1462 — Importation or transportation of obscene matters
• 18 U.S.C. § 1463 — Mailing indecent matter on wrappers or envelopes
• 18 U.S.C. § 1464 — Broadcasting obscene language
• 18 U.S.C. § 1465 — Production and transportation of obscene matters for sale or distribution
• 18 U.S.C. § 1466 — Engaging in the business of selling or transferring obscene matter
• 18 U.S.C. § 1466A — Obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children
• 18 U.S.C. § 1467 — Criminal forfeiture
• 18 U.S.C. § 1468 — Distributing obscene material by cable or subscription television
• 18 U.S.C. § 1469 — Presumptions
• 18 U.S.C. § 1470 — Transfer of obscene material to minors
• 18 U.S.C. § 1501 — Assault on process server
• 18 U.S.C. § 1502 — Resistance to extradition agent
• 18 U.S.C. § 1503 — Influencing or injuring officer or juror generally
• 18 U.S.C. § 1504 — Influencing juror by writing
• 18 U.S.C. § 1505 — Obstruction of proceedings before departments, agencies, and committees
• 18 U.S.C. § 1506 — Theft or alteration of record or process; false bail
• 18 U.S.C. § 1507 — Picketing or parading
• 18 U.S.C. § 1508 — Recording, listening to, or observing proceedings of grand or petit juries while deliberating or voting
• 18 U.S.C. § 1509 — Obstruction of court orders
• 18 U.S.C. § 1510 — Obstruction of criminal investigations
• 18 U.S.C. § 1511 — Obstruction of State or local law enforcement
• 18 U.S.C. § 1512 — Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant
• 18 U.S.C. § 1513 — Retaliating against a witness, victim, or an informant
• 18 U.S.C. § 1514 — Civil action to restrain harassment of a victim or witness
• 18 U.S.C. § 1514A — Civil action to protect against retaliation in fraud cases
• 18 U.S.C. § 1515 — Definitions for certain provisions; general provision
• 18 U.S.C. § 1516 — Obstruction of Federal audit
• 18 U.S.C. § 1517 — Obstructing examination of financial institution
• 18 U.S.C. § 1518 — Obstruction of criminal investigations of health care offenses
• 18 U.S.C. § 1519 — Destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in Federal investigations and bankruptcy
• 18 U.S.C. § 1520 — Destruction of corporate audit records
• 18 U.S.C. § 1521 — Retaliating against a Federal judge or Federal law enforcement officer by false claim or slander of title
• 18 U.S.C. § 1531 — Partial-birth abortions prohibited
• 18 U.S.C. § 1541 — Issuance without authority
• 18 U.S.C. § 1542 — False statement in application and use of passport
• 18 U.S.C. § 1543 — Forgery or false use of passport
• 18 U.S.C. § 1544 — Misuse of passport
• 18 U.S.C. § 1545 — Safe conduct violation
• 18 U.S.C. § 1546 — Fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other documents
• 18 U.S.C. § 1547 — Alternative imprisonment maximum for certain offenses
• 18 U.S.C. § 1581 — Peonage; obstructing enforcement
• 18 U.S.C. § 1582 — Vessels for slave trade
• 18 U.S.C. § 1583 — Enticement into slavery
• 18 U.S.C. § 1584 — Sale into involuntary servitude
• 18 U.S.C. § 1585 — Seizure, detention, transportation or sale of slaves
• 18 U.S.C. § 1586 — Service on vessels in slave trade
• 18 U.S.C. § 1587 — Possession of slaves aboard vessel
• 18 U.S.C. § 1588 — Transportation of slaves from United States
• 18 U.S.C. § 1589 — Forced labor
• 18 U.S.C. § 1590 — Trafficking with respect to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor
• 18 U.S.C. § 1591 — Sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud, or coercion
• 18 U.S.C. § 1592 — Unlawful conduct with respect to documents in furtherance of trafficking, peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor
• 18 U.S.C. § 1593 — Mandatory restitution
• 18 U.S.C. § 1593A — Benefitting financially from peonage, slavery, and trafficking in persons
• 18 U.S.C. § 1594 — General provisions
• 18 U.S.C. § 1595 — Civil remedy
• 18 U.S.C. § 1595A — Civil injunctions
• 18 U.S.C. § 1596 — Additional jurisdiction in certain trafficking offenses