---
kind: "unit"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
key: "ptI/ch49"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 49"
heading: "Fugitives from Justice"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/ptI-ch49"
sections_count: 4
---

# Chapter 49 — Fugitives from Justice

Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Part I — Crimes

## Sections

- [§1071. Concealing person from arrest](/usc/18/1071.md)
- [§1072. Concealing escaped prisoner](/usc/18/1072.md)
- [§1073. Flight to avoid prosecution or giving testimony](/usc/18/1073.md)
- [§1074. Flight to avoid prosecution for damaging or destroying any building or other real or personal property](/usc/18/1074.md)