                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                       PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
     CHAPTER 207--RELEASE AND DETENTION PENDING JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
 
Sec. 3149. Surrender of an offender by a surety

    A person charged with an offense, who is released upon the execution 
of an appearance bond with a surety, may be arrested by the surety, and 
if so arrested, shall be delivered promptly to a United States marshal 
and brought before a judicial officer. The judicial officer shall 
determine in accordance with the provisions of section 3148(b) whether 
to revoke the release of the person, and may absolve the surety of 
responsibility to pay all or part of the bond in accordance with the 
provisions of Rule 46 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. The 
person so committed shall be held in official detention until released 
pursuant to this chapter or another provision of law.

(Added Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 203(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 
1984.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 3149, added Pub. L. 89-465, Sec. 3(a), June 22, 
1966, 80 Stat. 216, related to release of material witnesses, prior to 
repeal in the revision of this chapter by section 203(a) of Pub. L. 98-
473.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3156 of this title.
