---
kind: "unit"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
key: "ptIV/ch403"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 403"
heading: "Juvenile Delinquency"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/ptIV-ch403"
sections_count: 13
---

# Chapter 403 — Juvenile Delinquency

Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Part IV — Correction of Youthful Offenders

## Sections

- [§5031. Definitions](/usc/18/5031.md)
- [§5032. Delinquency proceedings in district courts; transfer for criminal prosecution](/usc/18/5032.md)
- [§5033. Custody prior to appearance before magistrate judge](/usc/18/5033.md)
- [§5034. Duties of magistrate judge](/usc/18/5034.md)
- [§5035. Detention prior to disposition](/usc/18/5035.md)
- [§5036. Speedy trial](/usc/18/5036.md)
- [§5037. Dispositional hearing](/usc/18/5037.md)
- [§5038. Use of juvenile records](/usc/18/5038.md)
- [§5039. Commitment](/usc/18/5039.md)
- [§5040. Support](/usc/18/5040.md)
- [§5041. Repealed.](/usc/18/5041.md)
- [§5042. Revocation of probation](/usc/18/5042.md)
- [§5043. Juvenile solitary confinement](/usc/18/5043.md)