18 U.S.C. § 3606: Arrest and return of a…

Summary

If there is good reason to think someone on probation or supervised release broke a rule, they can be arrested and must be taken quickly to the court that supervises them. A probation officer can arrest them anywhere without a warrant. The supervising (or last supervising) court can issue a warrant, and a probation officer or a U.S. marshal can carry out that warrant in the district where it was issued or in any district where the person is found.

Title 18, §3606

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If there is probable cause to believe that a probationer or a person on supervised release has violated a condition of his probation or release, he may be arrested, and, upon arrest, shall be taken without unnecessary delay before the court having jurisdiction over him. A probation officer may make such an arrest wherever the probationer or releasee is found, and may make the arrest without a warrant. The court having supervision of the probationer or releasee, or, if there is no such court, the court last having supervision of the probationer or releasee, may issue a warrant for the arrest of a probationer or releasee for violation of a condition of release, and a probation officer or United States marshal may execute the warrant in the district in which the warrant was issued or in any district in which the probationer or releasee is found.

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Effective Date

Section effective Nov. 1, 1987, and applicable only to offenses committed after the taking effect of this section, see section 235(a)(1) of Pub. L. 98–473, set out as a note under section 3551 of this title.

§3606 Arrest and Return of a Probationer

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Title 18, §3606

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