---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 3558"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "3558"
heading: "Implementation of a sentence"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/3558"
units:
  - "Part II — Criminal Procedure"
  - "Chapter 227 — Sentences"
  - "Subchapter A — General Provisions"
---

# §3558. Implementation of a sentence


The implementation of a sentence imposed pursuant to [section 3551](/usc/18/3551.md) is governed by the provisions of chapter 229.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(2), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1991.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Nov. 1, 1987, and applicable only to offenses committed after the taking effect of this section, see section 235(a)(1) of Pub. L. 98–473, set out as a note under section 3551 of this title.