---
kind: "unit"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
key: "ptII/ch201"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 201"
heading: "General Provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/ptII-ch201"
sections_count: 15
---

# Chapter 201 — General Provisions

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

## Sections

- [§3001. Procedure governed by rules; scope, purpose and effect; definition of terms; local rules; forms—(Rule)](/usc/18/3001.md)
- [§3002. Courts always open—(Rule)](/usc/18/3002.md)
- [§3003. Calendars—(Rule)](/usc/18/3003.md)
- [§3004. Decorum in court room—(Rule)](/usc/18/3004.md)
- [§3005. Counsel and witnesses in capital cases](/usc/18/3005.md)
- [§3006. Assignment of counsel—(Rule)](/usc/18/3006.md)
- [§3006A. Adequate representation of defendants](/usc/18/3006A.md)
- [§3007. Motions—(Rule)](/usc/18/3007.md)
- [§3008. Service and filing of papers—(Rule)](/usc/18/3008.md)
- [§3009. Records—(Rule)](/usc/18/3009.md)
- [§3010. Exceptions unnecessary—(Rule)](/usc/18/3010.md)
- [§3011. Computation of time—(Rule)](/usc/18/3011.md)
- [§3012. Repealed.](/usc/18/3012.md)
- [§3013. Special assessment on convicted persons](/usc/18/3013.md)
- [§3014. Additional special assessment](/usc/18/3014.md)