---
kind: "unit"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
key: "ptII"
level: "part"
label: "Part II"
heading: "Criminal Procedure"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/ptII"
sections_count: 336
---

# Part II — Criminal Procedure

Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

## Contents

- [Chapter 201 — General Provisions](/usc/18/ptII-ch201.md)
- [Chapter 203 — Arrest and Commitment](/usc/18/ptII-ch203.md)
- [Chapter 204 — Rewards for Information Concerning Terrorist Acts and Espionage](/usc/18/ptII-ch204.md)
- [Chapter 205 — Searches and Seizures](/usc/18/ptII-ch205.md)
- [Chapter 206 — Pen Registers and Trap and Trace Devices](/usc/18/ptII-ch206.md)
- [Chapter 207 — Release and Detention Pending Judicial Proceedings](/usc/18/ptII-ch207.md)
- [Chapter 208 — Speedy Trial](/usc/18/ptII-ch208.md)
- [Chapter 209 — Extradition](/usc/18/ptII-ch209.md)
- [Chapter 211 — Jurisdiction and Venue](/usc/18/ptII-ch211.md)
- [Chapter 212 — Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction](/usc/18/ptII-ch212.md)
- [Chapter 212A — Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Over Certain Offenses](/usc/18/ptII-ch212A.md)
- [Chapter 213 — Limitations](/usc/18/ptII-ch213.md)
- [Chapter 215 — Grand Jury](/usc/18/ptII-ch215.md)
- [Chapter 216 — Special Grand Jury](/usc/18/ptII-ch216.md)
- [Chapter 217 — Indictment and Information](/usc/18/ptII-ch217.md)
- [Chapter 219 — Trial by United States Magistrate Judges](/usc/18/ptII-ch219.md)
- [Chapter 221 — Arraignment, Pleas and Trial](/usc/18/ptII-ch221.md)
- [Chapter 223 — Witnesses and Evidence](/usc/18/ptII-ch223.md)
- [Chapter 224 — Protection of Witnesses](/usc/18/ptII-ch224.md)
- [Chapter 225 — Verdict](/usc/18/ptII-ch225.md)
- [Chapter 227 — Sentences](/usc/18/ptII-ch227.md)
- [Chapter 228 — Death Sentence](/usc/18/ptII-ch228.md)
- [Chapter 228A — Post-Conviction Dna Testing](/usc/18/ptII-ch228A.md)
- [Chapter 229 — Postsentence Administration](/usc/18/ptII-ch229.md)
- [Chapter 231 — Repealed](/usc/18/ptII-ch231.md)
- [Chapter 232 — Miscellaneous Sentencing Provisions](/usc/18/ptII-ch232.md)
- [Chapter 232A — Special Forfeiture of Collateral Profits of Crime](/usc/18/ptII-ch232A.md)
- [Chapter 233 — Contempts](/usc/18/ptII-ch233.md)
- [Chapter 235 — Appeal](/usc/18/ptII-ch235.md)
- [Chapter 237 — Crime Victims’ Rights](/usc/18/ptII-ch237.md)
- [Chapter 238 — Sexual Assault Survivors’ Rights](/usc/18/ptII-ch238.md)