---
kind: "unit"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
key: "ptII/ch211"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 211"
heading: "Jurisdiction and Venue"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/ptII-ch211"
sections_count: 14
---

# Chapter 211 — Jurisdiction and Venue

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

## Sections

- [§3231. District courts](/usc/18/3231.md)
- [§3232. District of offense—(Rule)](/usc/18/3232.md)
- [§3233. Transfer within district—(Rule)](/usc/18/3233.md)
- [§3234. Change of venue to another district—(Rule)](/usc/18/3234.md)
- [§3235. Venue in capital cases](/usc/18/3235.md)
- [§3236. Murder or manslaughter](/usc/18/3236.md)
- [§3237. Offenses begun in one district and completed in another](/usc/18/3237.md)
- [§3238. Offenses not committed in any district](/usc/18/3238.md)
- [§3239. Optional venue for espionage and related offenses](/usc/18/3239.md)
- [§3240. Creation of new district or division](/usc/18/3240.md)
- [§3241. Jurisdiction of offenses under certain sections](/usc/18/3241.md)
- [§3242. Indians committing certain offenses; acts on reservations](/usc/18/3242.md)
- [§3243. Jurisdiction of State of Kansas over offenses committed by or against Indians on Indian reservations](/usc/18/3243.md)
- [§3244. Jurisdiction of proceedings relating to transferred offenders](/usc/18/3244.md)