United States Code

18 U.S.C. § 3282

Offenses not capital

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Bills that would change it 9

  • HR 9222 Drain the Swamp Act Amends · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 8831 Protecting Our Democracy Act Amends · introduced · 119th Congress
  • S 2838 Protecting Our Democracy Act Amends · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 5048 Protecting Our Democracy Act Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 5314 Protecting Our Democracy Act Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
  • S 2921 Protecting Our Democracy Act Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 2678 No President is Above the Law Act of 2020 Amends · introduced · 116th Congress
  • S 1756 No President is Above the Law Act Amends · introduced · 116th Congress
  • HR 3067 Online Safety Modernization Act of 2017 Amends 3282(b) · introduced · 115th Congress

The law today

From the official United States Code, current through Public Law 119-121.

(a) In General.— Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, no person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any offense, not capital, unless the indictment is found or the information is instituted within five years next after such offense shall have been committed. (b) DNA Profile Indictment.— (1) In general.— In any indictment for an offense under chapter 109A for which the identity of the accused is unknown, it shall be sufficient to describe the accused as an individual whose name is unknown, but who has a particular DNA profile. (2) Exception.— Any indictment described under paragraph (1), which is found not later than 5 years after the offense under chapter 109A is committed, shall not be subject to— (A) the limitations period described under subsection (a); and (B) the provisions of chapter 208 until the individual is arrested or served with a summons in connection with the charges contained in the indictment. (3) Defined term.— For purposes of this subsection, the term “DNA profile” means a set of DNA identification characteristics.
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