10 U.S.C. § 807
Section 807 · Art. 7. Apprehension
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 94 court decisions — leading case Weiss United States (1994)
Most recently applied in Caulkins v. Pritzker (August 2023)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) Apprehension is the taking of a person into custody.
(b) Any person authorized under regulations governing the armed forces to apprehend persons subject to this chapter or to trial thereunder may do so upon reasonable belief that an offense has been committed and that the person apprehended committed it.
(c) Commissioned officers, warrant officers, petty officers, and noncommissioned officers have authority to quell quarrels, frays, and disorders among persons subject to this chapter and to apprehend persons subject to this chapter who take part therein.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
807(b) 50:561(a).50:561(b). May 5, 1950, ch. 169, §1 (Art. 7), 64 Stat. 111. 807(c) 50:561(c). In subsection (a), the words “into custody” and “of a person” are transposed.
In subsection (c), the words “All” and “shall” are omitted as surplusage. The word “Commissioned” is inserted before the word “officers” for clarity. The word “therein” is substituted for the words “in the same”.
Cross References
Arrest and commitment, see section 3041 et seq. of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
Article to be explained, see section 937 of this title.
Expenses and rewards for apprehension and delivery of deserters, prisoners, and members absent without leave, see section 956 of this title.
Expenses for apprehension and delivery of deserters, stragglers, and prisoners of the Navy, see section 7214 of this title.
Resistance, breach of arrest, and escape, punishment, see section 895 of this title.
Unlawful detention, punishment, see section 897 of this title.