<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id84b76513-4631-11e3-82e4-c7c00c991bd6" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s3290"><num value="3290">§ 3290.</num><heading> Fugitives from justice</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">No statute of limitations shall extend to any person fleeing from justice.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id84b76514-4631-11e3-82e4-c7c00c991bd6">(<ref href="/us/act/1948-06-25/ch645">June 25, 1948, ch. 645</ref>, <ref href="/us/stat/62/829">62 Stat. 829</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="historicalAndRevision" id="id84b76516-4631-11e3-82e4-c7c00c991bd6"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Historical and Revision Notes</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Based on Title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 583 (R.S. § 1045).</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Said section 583 was rephrased and made applicable to all statutes of limitation and is merely declaratory of the generally accepted rule of law.</p>
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