18 USC § 4086 - Temporary safe-keeping of federal offenders by marshals

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title: "18 USC § 4086 - Temporary safe-keeping of federal offenders by marshals"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "4086"
section_name: "Temporary safe-keeping of federal offenders by marshals"
chapter_number: 305
chapter_name: "COMMITMENT AND TRANSFER"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "PRISONS AND PRISONERS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 851.)"
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# § 4086. Temporary safe-keeping of federal offenders by marshals

United States marshals shall provide for the safe-keeping of any person arrested, or held under authority of any enactment of Congress pending commitment to an institution.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 851.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 691, 692, (R.S. §§ 5537, 5538).

Said , U.S.C., 1940 ed., is superseded by sections 753b and 753c of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., which are incorporated in sections 4002, 4003 and 4042 of this title.

This section is rewritten to retain the intent of , U.S.C., 1940 ed., which was to insure a safekeeping of United States prisoners until their commitment or confinement in Federal penal institutions. The language conforms with that of said sections 692 and 753b.

Minor changes were made in phraseology.