---
kind: "unit"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
key: "ptII/ch207"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 207"
heading: "Release and Detention Pending Judicial Proceedings"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/ptII-ch207"
sections_count: 17
---

# Chapter 207 — Release and Detention Pending Judicial Proceedings

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

## Sections

- [§3141. Release and detention authority generally](/usc/18/3141.md)
- [§3142. Release or detention of a defendant pending trial](/usc/18/3142.md)
- [§3143. Release or detention of a defendant pending sentence or appeal](/usc/18/3143.md)
- [§3144. Release or detention of a material witness](/usc/18/3144.md)
- [§3145. Review and appeal of a release or detention order](/usc/18/3145.md)
- [§3146. Penalty for failure to appear](/usc/18/3146.md)
- [§3147. Penalty for an offense committed while on release](/usc/18/3147.md)
- [§3148. Sanctions for violation of a release condition](/usc/18/3148.md)
- [§3149. Surrender of an offender by a surety](/usc/18/3149.md)
- [§3150. Applicability to a case removed from a State court](/usc/18/3150.md)
- [§3150a. Repealed.](/usc/18/3150a.md)
- [§3151. Refund of forfeited bail](/usc/18/3151.md)
- [§3152. Establishment of pretrial services](/usc/18/3152.md)
- [§3153. Organization and administration of pretrial services](/usc/18/3153.md)
- [§3154. Functions and powers relating to pretrial services](/usc/18/3154.md)
- [§3155. Annual reports](/usc/18/3155.md)
- [§3156. Definitions](/usc/18/3156.md)