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. § 2251 — Sexual exploitation of children
• 18 U.S.C. § 2251A — Selling or buying of children
• 18 U.S.C. § 2252 — Certain activities relating to material involving the sexual exploitation of minors
• 18 U.S.C. § 2252A — Certain activities relating to material constituting or containing child pornography
• 18 U.S.C. § 2252B — Misleading domain names on the Internet
• 18 U.S.C. § 2252C — Misleading words or digital images on the Internet
• 18 U.S.C. § 2253 — Criminal forfeiture
• 18 U.S.C. § 2254 — Civil forfeiture
• 18 U.S.C. § 2255 — Civil remedy for personal injuries
• 18 U.S.C. § 2256 — Definitions for chapter
• 18 U.S.C. § 2257 — Record keeping requirements
• 18 U.S.C. § 2257A — Record keeping requirements for simulated sexual conduct
• 18 U.S.C. § 2258 — Failure to report child abuse
• 18 U.S.C. § 2258A — Reporting requirements of providers
• 18 U.S.C. § 2258B — Limited liability for the reporting, storage, and handling of certain visual depictions of apparent child pornography to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
• 18 U.S.C. § 2258C — Use to combat child pornography of technical elements relating to reports made to the CyberTipline
• 18 U.S.C. § 2258D — Limited liability for NCMEC
• 18 U.S.C. § 2258E — Definitions
• 18 U.S.C. § 2259 — Mandatory restitution
• 18 U.S.C. § 2259A — Assessments in child pornography cases
• 18 U.S.C. § 2259B — Child pornography victims reserve
• 18 U.S.C. § 2260 — Production of sexually explicit depictions of a minor for importation into the United States
• 18 U.S.C. § 2260A — Penalties for registered sex offenders
• 18 U.S.C. § 2261 — Interstate domestic violence
• 18 U.S.C. § 2261A — Stalking
• 18 U.S.C. § 2261B — Enhanced penalty for stalkers of children
• 18 U.S.C. § 2262 — Interstate violation of protection order
• 18 U.S.C. § 2263 — Pretrial release of defendant
• 18 U.S.C. § 2264 — Restitution
• 18 U.S.C. § 2265 — Full faith and credit given to protection orders
• 18 U.S.C. § 2265A — Repeat offenders
• 18 U.S.C. § 2266 — Definitions
• 18 U.S.C. § 2271 — Conspiracy to destroy vessels
• 18 U.S.C. § 2272 — Destruction of vessel by owner
• 18 U.S.C. § 2273 — Destruction of vessel by nonowner
• 18 U.S.C. § 2274 — Destruction or misuse of vessel by person in charge
• 18 U.S.C. § 2275 — Firing or tampering with vessels
• 18 U.S.C. § 2276 — Breaking and entering vessel
• 18 U.S.C. § 2277 — Explosives or dangerous weapons aboard vessels
• 18 U.S.C. § 2278 — Explosives on vessels carrying steerage passengers
• 18 U.S.C. § 2279 — Boarding vessels before arrival
• 18 U.S.C. § 2280 — Violence against maritime navigation
• 18 U.S.C. § 2280a — Violence against maritime navigation and maritime transport involving weapons of mass destruction
• 18 U.S.C. § 2281 — Violence against maritime fixed platforms
• 18 U.S.C. § 2281a — Additional offenses against maritime fixed platforms
• 18 U.S.C. § 2282A — 1 Devices or dangerous substances in waters of the United States likely to destroy or damage ships or to interfere with maritime commerce
• 18 U.S.C. § 2282B — Violence against aids to maritime navigation
• 18 U.S.C. § 2283 — Transportation of explosive, biological, chemical, or radioactive or nuclear materials
• 18 U.S.C. § 2284 — Transportation of terrorists
• 18 U.S.C. § 2285 — Operation of submersible vessel or semi-submersible vessel without nationality
• 18 U.S.C. § 2290 — Jurisdiction and scope
• 18 U.S.C. § 2291 — Destruction of vessel or maritime facility
• 18 U.S.C. § 2292 — Imparting or conveying false information
• 18 U.S.C. § 2293 — Bar to prosecution
• 18 U.S.C. § 2311 — Definitions
• 18 U.S.C. § 2312 — Transportation of stolen vehicles
• 18 U.S.C. § 2313 — Sale or receipt of stolen vehicles
• 18 U.S.C. § 2314 — Transportation of stolen goods, securities, moneys, fraudulent State tax stamps, or articles used in counterfeiting
• 18 U.S.C. § 2315 — Sale or receipt of stolen goods, securities, moneys, or fraudulent State tax stamps
• 18 U.S.C. § 2316 — Transportation of livestock
• 18 U.S.C. § 2317 — Sale or receipt of livestock
• 18 U.S.C. § 2318 — Trafficking in counterfeit labels, illicit labels, or counterfeit documentation or packaging
• 18 U.S.C. § 2319 — Criminal infringement of a copyright
• 18 U.S.C. § 2319A — Unauthorized fixation of and trafficking in sound recordings and music videos of live musical performances
• 18 U.S.C. § 2319B — Unauthorized recording of Motion pictures in a Motion picture exhibition facility
• 18 U.S.C. § 2319C — Illicit digital transmission services
• 18 U.S.C. § 2320 — Trafficking in counterfeit goods or services
• 18 U.S.C. § 2321 — Trafficking in certain motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts
• 18 U.S.C. § 2322 — Chop shops
• 18 U.S.C. § 2323 — Forfeiture, destruction, and restitution
• 18 U.S.C. § 2325 — Definition
• 18 U.S.C. § 2326 — Enhanced penalties
• 18 U.S.C. § 2327 — Mandatory restitution
• 18 U.S.C. § 2328 — Mandatory forfeiture
• 18 U.S.C. § 2331 — Definitions
• 18 U.S.C. § 2332 — Criminal penalties
• 18 U.S.C. § 2332a — Use of weapons of mass destruction
• 18 U.S.C. § 2332b — Acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries
• 18 U.S.C. § 2332c — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–277, div. I, title II, §201(c)(1), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–871
• 18 U.S.C. § 2332d — Financial transactions
• 18 U.S.C. § 2332e — Requests for military assistance to enforce prohibition in certain emergencies
• 18 U.S.C. § 2332f — Bombings of places of public use, government facilities, public transportation systems and infrastructure facilities
• 18 U.S.C. § 2332g — Missile systems designed to destroy aircraft
• 18 U.S.C. § 2332h — Radiological dispersal devices
• 18 U.S.C. § 2332i — Acts of nuclear terrorism
• 18 U.S.C. § 2333 — Civil remedies
• 18 U.S.C. § 2334 — Jurisdiction and venue
• 18 U.S.C. § 2335 — Limitation of actions
• 18 U.S.C. § 2336 — Other limitations
• 18 U.S.C. § 2337 — Suits against Government officials
• 18 U.S.C. § 2338 — Exclusive Federal jurisdiction
• 18 U.S.C. § 2339 — Harboring or concealing terrorists
• 18 U.S.C. § 2339A — Providing material support to terrorists
• 18 U.S.C. § 2339B — Providing material support or resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations
• 18 U.S.C. § 2339C — Prohibitions against the financing of terrorism
• 18 U.S.C. § 2339D — Receiving military-type training from a foreign terrorist organization
• 18 U.S.C. § 2340 — Definitions
• 18 U.S.C. § 2340A — Torture
• 18 U.S.C. § 2340B — Exclusive remedies
• 18 U.S.C. § 2341 — Definitions
• 18 U.S.C. § 2342 — Unlawful acts
• 18 U.S.C. § 2343 — Recordkeeping, reporting, and inspection
• 18 U.S.C. § 2344 — Penalties
• 18 U.S.C. § 2345 — Effect on State and local law
• 18 U.S.C. § 2346 — Enforcement and regulations
• 18 U.S.C. § 2381 — Treason
• 18 U.S.C. § 2382 — Misprision of treason
• 18 U.S.C. § 2383 — Rebellion or insurrection
• 18 U.S.C. § 2384 — Seditious conspiracy
• 18 U.S.C. § 2385 — Advocating overthrow of Government
• 18 U.S.C. § 2386 — Registration of certain organizations
• 18 U.S.C. § 2387 — Activities affecting armed forces generally
• 18 U.S.C. § 2388 — Activities affecting armed forces during war
• 18 U.S.C. § 2389 — Recruiting for service against United States
• 18 U.S.C. § 2390 — Enlistment to serve against United States
• 18 U.S.C. § 2391 — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330004(13), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2142
• 18 U.S.C. § 2421 — Transportation generally
• 18 U.S.C. § 2421A — Promotion or facilitation of prostitution and reckless disregard of sex trafficking
• 18 U.S.C. § 2422 — Coercion and enticement
• 18 U.S.C. § 2423 — Transportation of minors
• 18 U.S.C. § 2424 — Filing factual statement about alien individual
• 18 U.S.C. § 2425 — Use of interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor
• 18 U.S.C. § 2426 — Repeat offenders
• 18 U.S.C. § 2427 — Inclusion of offenses relating to child pornography in definition of sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense
• 18 U.S.C. § 2428 — Forfeitures
• 18 U.S.C. § 2429 — Mandatory restitution
• 18 U.S.C. § 2441 — War crimes
• 18 U.S.C. § 2442 — Recruitment or use of child soldiers
• 18 U.S.C. § 2510 — Definitions
• 18 U.S.C. § 2511 — Interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic communications prohibited
• 18 U.S.C. § 2512 — Manufacture, distribution, possession, and advertising of wire, oral, or electronic communication intercepting devices prohibited
• 18 U.S.C. § 2513 — Confiscation of wire, oral, or electronic communication intercepting devices
• 18 U.S.C. § 2514 — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–452, title II, §227(a), Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 930
• 18 U.S.C. § 2515 — Prohibition of use as evidence of intercepted wire or oral communications
• 18 U.S.C. § 2516 — Authorization for interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications
• 18 U.S.C. § 2517 — Authorization for disclosure and use of intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communications
• 18 U.S.C. § 2518 — Procedure for interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications
• 18 U.S.C. § 2519 — Reports concerning intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communications
• 18 U.S.C. § 2520 — Recovery of civil damages authorized
• 18 U.S.C. § 2521 — Injunction against illegal interception
• 18 U.S.C. § 2522 — Enforcement of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
• 18 U.S.C. § 2523 — Executive agreements on access to data by foreign governments
• 18 U.S.C. § 2701 — Unlawful access to stored communications
• 18 U.S.C. § 2702 — Voluntary disclosure of customer communications or records
• 18 U.S.C. § 2703 — Required disclosure of customer communications or records
• 18 U.S.C. § 2704 — Backup preservation
• 18 U.S.C. § 2705 — Delayed notice
• 18 U.S.C. § 2706 — Cost reimbursement
• 18 U.S.C. § 2707 — Civil action
• 18 U.S.C. § 2708 — Exclusivity of remedies
• 18 U.S.C. § 2709 — Counterintelligence access to telephone toll and transactional records
• 18 U.S.C. § 2710 — Wrongful disclosure of video tape rental or sale records
• 18 U.S.C. § 2711 — Definitions for chapter
• 18 U.S.C. § 2712 — Civil actions against the United States
• 18 U.S.C. § 2713 — Required preservation and disclosure of communications and records
• 18 U.S.C. § 2721 — Prohibition on release and use of certain personal information from State motor vehicle records
• 18 U.S.C. § 2722 — Additional unlawful acts
• 18 U.S.C. § 2723 — Penalties
• 18 U.S.C. § 2724 — Civil action
• 18 U.S.C. § 2725 — Definitions
• 18 U.S.C. § 3001 — Procedure governed by rules; scope, purpose and effect; definition of terms; local rules; forms—(Rule)
• 18 U.S.C. § 3002 — Courts always open—(Rule)
• 18 U.S.C. § 3003 — Calendars—(Rule)
• 18 U.S.C. § 3004 — Decorum in court room—(Rule)
• 18 U.S.C. § 3005 — Counsel and witnesses in capital cases
• 18 U.S.C. § 3006 — Assignment of counsel—(Rule)
• 18 U.S.C. § 3006A — Adequate representation of defendants
• 18 U.S.C. § 3007 — Motions—(Rule)
• 18 U.S.C. § 3008 — Service and filing of papers—(Rule)
• 18 U.S.C. § 3009 — Records—(Rule)
• 18 U.S.C. § 3010 — Exceptions unnecessary—(Rule)
• 18 U.S.C. § 3011 — Computation of time—(Rule)
• 18 U.S.C. § 3012 — Repealed. Pub. L. 98–473, title II, §218(a)(2), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2027
• 18 U.S.C. § 3013 — Special assessment on convicted persons
• 18 U.S.C. § 3014 — Additional special assessment
• 18 U.S.C. § 3041 — Power of courts and magistrates
• 18 U.S.C. § 3042 — Extraterritorial jurisdiction
• 18 U.S.C. § 3043 — Repealed. Pub. L. 98–473, title II, §204(c), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1986
• 18 U.S.C. § 3044 — Complaint—(Rule)
• 18 U.S.C. § 3045 — Internal revenue violations
• 18 U.S.C. § 3046 — Warrant or summons—(Rule)
• 18 U.S.C. § 3047 — Multiple warrants unnecessary
• 18 U.S.C. § 3048 — Commitment to another district; removal—(Rule)
• 18 U.S.C. § 3049 — Warrant for removal
• 18 U.S.C. § 3050 — Bureau of Prisons employees' powers
• 18 U.S.C. § 3051 — Powers of Special Agents 1 of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
• 18 U.S.C. § 3052 — Powers of Federal Bureau of Investigation
• 18 U.S.C. § 3053 — Powers of marshals and deputies
• 18 U.S.C. § 3054 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–79, §9(b)(3), Nov. 16, 1981, 95 Stat. 1079
• 18 U.S.C. § 3055 — Officers' powers to suppress Indian liquor traffic
• 18 U.S.C. § 3056 — Powers, authorities, and duties of United States Secret Service
• 18 U.S.C. § 3056A — Powers, authorities, and duties of United States Secret Service Uniformed Division
• 18 U.S.C. § 3057 — Bankruptcy investigations
• 18 U.S.C. § 3058 — Interned belligerent nationals
• 18 U.S.C. § 3059_to_3059B — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–273, div. A, title III, §301(c)(2), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1781
• 18 U.S.C. § 3060 — Preliminary examination
• 18 U.S.C. § 3061 — Investigative powers of Postal Service personnel
• 18 U.S.C. § 3062 — General arrest authority for violation of release conditions
• 18 U.S.C. § 3063 — Powers of Environmental Protection Agency
• 18 U.S.C. § 3064 — Powers of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration