18 U.S.C. § 3231 - District courts

• Cite as: 18 U.S.C. § 3231
• Currency: Current through P.L. 116-135 (03/26/2020)

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The district courts of the United States shall have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the courts of the States, of all offenses against the laws of the United States.

Nothing in this title shall be held to take away or impair the jurisdiction of the courts of the several States under the laws thereof.

Cite as 18 U.S.C. § 3231

Source: June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 826.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 6/21/2017

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Based on section 588d of title 12, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Banks and Banking; title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§546, 547 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §§326, 340, 35 Stat. 1151, 1153; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, §291, 36 Stat. 1167; May 18, 1934, ch. 304, §4, 48 Stat. 783).