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18 U.S.C. § 3282 - Offenses not capital - Chapter 213. Limitations - Part II. Criminal Procedure - Title 18. CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - US Code - VLEX 670847409
18 U.S.C. § 3282 - Offenses not capital
Cite as: 18 U.S.C. § 3282
(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-
(3) DEFINED TERM.-For purposes of this subsection, the term "DNA profile" means a set of DNA identification characteristics.
Cite as 18 U.S.C. § 3282
Source: June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 828; Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1214, §12(a), formerly §10(a), 68 Stat. 1145; renumbered Pub. L. 87-299, §1, Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 648; Pub. L. 108-21, title VI, §610(a), Apr. 30, 2003, 117 Stat. 692.