Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part II · Chapter 203 — Arrest and Commitment
§ 3053. Powers of marshals and deputies
Statutory text
United States marshals and their deputies may carry firearms and may make arrests without warrant for any offense against the United States committed in their presence, or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 80–645 · 62 Stat. 683
Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 3053
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 817.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 817.)
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Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on section 504a of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Judicial Code and Judiciary (June 15, 1935, ch. 259, § 2, 49 Stat. 378).
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
Functions of all other officers of Department of Justice and functions of all agencies and employees of such Department, with a few exceptions, transferred to Attorney General, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3173, 64 Stat. 1261, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Credits
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 817.)