---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 3062"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "3062"
heading: "General arrest authority for violation of release conditions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/3062"
units:
  - "Part II — Criminal Procedure"
  - "Chapter 203 — Arrest and Commitment"
---

# §3062. General arrest authority for violation of release conditions


A [law enforcement officer](/usc/18/3673.md?p=3), who is authorized to arrest for an [offense](/usc/18/3156.md?p=a-2) committed in his presence, may arrest a person who is released pursuant to [chapter 207](/usc/18/chptII/ch207.md) if the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person is violating, in his presence, a condition imposed on the person pursuant to [section 3142(c)(1)(B)(iv)](/usc/18/3142.md?p=c-1-B-iv), (v), (viii), (ix), or (xiii), or, if the violation involves a failure to remain in a specified institution as required, a condition imposed pursuant to [section 3142(c)(1)(B)(x)](/usc/18/3142.md?p=c-1-B-x).


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 204(d), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1986; amended Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7052, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4401.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1988—Pub. L. 100–690 substituted “section 3142(c)(1)(B)(iv), (v), (viii), (ix), or (xiii)” for “section 3142(c)(2)(D), (c)(2)(E), (c)(2)(H), (c)(2)(I), or (c)(2)(M)” and “section 3142(c)(1)(B)(x)” for “section 3142(c)(2)(J)”.