28 USC § 564 - Powers as sheriff

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s564"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "28 USC § 564 - Powers as sheriff"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "564"
section_name: "Powers as sheriff"
chapter_number: 37
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7608(a)(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4513.)"
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# § 564. Powers as sheriff

United States marshals, deputy marshals and such other officials of the Service as may be designated by the Director, in executing the laws of the United States within a State, may exercise the same powers which a sheriff of the State may exercise in executing the laws thereof.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7608(a)(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4513.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 564, added , , , related to bonds of United States marshals, prior to repeal by , , .