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§3045 Internal revenue violations

Title 18 › Part PART II— - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE › Chapter CHAPTER 203— - ARREST AND COMMITMENT › § 3045

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

A U.S. magistrate judge can issue an arrest warrant for tax-law violations when certain officials complain; if a private citizen complains, a U.S. attorney must first approve that complaint in writing.

Full Legal Text

Title 18, §3045

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Warrants of arrest for violations of internal revenue laws may be issued by United States magistrate judges upon the complaint of a United States attorney, assistant United States attorney, collector, or deputy collector of internal revenue or revenue agent, or private citizen; but no such warrant of arrest shall be issued upon the complaint of a private citizen unless first approved in writing by a United States attorney.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 594 (May 28, 1896, ch. 252, § 19, 29 Stat. 184; Mar. 2, 1901, ch. 814, 31 Stat. 956). Minor changes were made in phraseology.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1968—Pub. L. 90–578 substituted “United States magistrates” for “United States commissioners”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“United States magistrate judges” substituted for “United States magistrates” in text pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L. 101–650, set out as a note under section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Effective Date

of 1968 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 90–578 effective Oct. 17, 1968, except when a later

Effective Date

is applicable, which is the earlier of date when implementation of amendment by appointment of magistrates [now United States magistrate judges] and assumption of office takes place or third anniversary of enactment of Pub. L. 90–578 on Oct. 17, 1968, see section 403 of Pub. L. 90–578, set out as a note under section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Executive Documents

Abolition of Offices of Collector and Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue Offices of Collector and Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1952, § 1, eff. Mar. 14, 1952, 17 F.R. 2243, 66 Stat. 823, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and the offices of “district commissioner of internal revenue”, and so many other offices, with titles to be determined by Secretary of the Treasury, were established by section 2(a) of the Plan.

Reference

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Citation

18 U.S.C. § 3045

Title 18Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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