Statute · United States Code
10 U.S.C. § 808 — Art. 8. Apprehension of deserters
10 U.S.C. § 808
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- United States Code
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 2025-01-06
- Topic
- general
Any civil officer having authority to apprehend offenders under the laws of the United States or of a State, Commonwealth, possession, or the District of Columbia may summarily apprehend a deserter from the armed forces and deliver him into the custody of those forces.
Citator
10 U.S.C. § 808 — Art. 8. Apprehension of deserters is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
Any civil officer having authority to apprehend offenders under the laws of the United States or of a State, Commonwealth, possession, or the District of Columbia may summarily apprehend a deserter from the armed forces and deliver him into the custody of those forces.