18 U.S.C. · Crimes and Criminal Procedure
18 U.S.C. § 3052

Powers of Federal Bureau of Investigation

Ch. 203 — Chapter 203
Title 18 U.S.C. ● ACTIVE Primary Source Ch. 203
Statutory Text

18 U.S.C. § 3052 — Powers of Federal Bureau of Investigation

U.S.C. Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 18 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART II - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CHAPTER 203 - ARREST AND COMMITMENT Sec. 3052 - Powers of Federal Bureau of Investigation From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov

§3052. Powers of Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Director, Associate Director, Assistant to the Director, Assistant Directors, inspectors, and agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice may carry firearms, serve warrants and subpoenas issued under the authority of the United States and 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.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 817; Jan. 10, 1951, ch. 1221, §1, 64 Stat. 1239.)

Historical and Revision Notes Based on section 300a of title 5, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees (June 18, 1934, ch. 595, 48 Stat. 1008; Mar. 22, 1935, ch. 39, title II, 49 Stat. 77). Language relating to seizures under warrant is in section 3107 of this title. Minor changes were made in phraseology particularly with respect to omission of provision covered by rule 5(a) of Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.

Editorial Notes

Amendments 1951—Act Jan. 10, 1951, allowed F. B. I. personnel to make arrests without a warrant for any offense against the United States committed in their presence.

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. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3173, 64 Stat. 1261, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Source: uscode.house.gov — public domain Official Source ↗
Root-LD Entity Data
◈ Machine-Readable Provenance Record Root-LD v1.0 · boisestandard.org
Federation ID
BS-USC18-SEC-D6C9FC
Entity Class
STATUTE / FEDERAL-CODE-SECTION
Domain Signature
boisestandard.org
Citation
18 U.S.C. § 3052
Jurisdiction
Federal — United States
Status
✓ ACTIVE
Source
API-FETCH
Source Verified
✓ TRUE
Content Hash
27a52389bc75a7ae...
Semantic Edges
Pending — corpus passes queued
This page was generated from primary source data retrieved via the GovInfo API (api.govinfo.gov). The statutory text of 18 U.S.C. § 3052 is reproduced from the official United States Code as published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel.
Navigate Corpus — Title 18
◈ Provenance
boisestandard.org United States Law U.S. Code Title 18 18 U.S.C. § 3052