---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 3262"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "3262"
heading: "Arrest and commitment"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/3262"
units:
  - "Part II — Criminal Procedure"
  - "Chapter 212 — Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction"
---

# §3262. Arrest and commitment

- (a) The Secretary of Defense may designate and authorize any person serving in a law enforcement position in the [Department](/usc/18/6.md) of Defense to arrest, in accordance with applicable international agreements, outside the [United States](/usc/18/5.md) any person described in [section 3261(a)](/usc/18/3261.md?p=a) if there is probable cause to believe that such person violated [section 3261(a)](/usc/18/3261.md?p=a).
- (b) Except as provided in sections [3263](/usc/18/3263.md) and [3264](/usc/18/3264.md), a person arrested under [subsection (a)](#a) shall be delivered as soon as practicable to the custody of civilian law enforcement authorities of the [United States](/usc/18/5.md) for removal to the [United States](/usc/18/5.md) for judicial proceedings in relation to conduct referred to in such subsection unless such person has had charges brought against him or her under [chapter 47](/usc/10/chstA-ptII-ch47.md) of title 10 for such conduct.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 106–523, § 2(a), Nov. 22, 2000, 114 Stat. 2489.)