10 U.S.C. § 1585a
Special agents of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service: authority to execute warrants and make arrests
United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective
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- 10 U.S.C. § 1585a, Special agents of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service: authority to execute warrants and make arrests, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/433504
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The Secretary of Defense may authorize any DCIS special agent described in subsection (b)—
to make arrests without a warrant—
Legislative history
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- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998