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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "18 U.S.C. § 3581"
+description: "Sentence of imprisonment"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 18
+title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
+chapter_number: "227"
+chapter_name: "SENTENCES"
+section: "3581"
+citation: "18 U.S.C. § 3581"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc18@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s3581"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 18 U.S.C. § 3581 - Sentence of imprisonment
+
+## Text
+
+(a) In General.— A defendant who has been found guilty of an offense may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment.
+
+(b) Authorized Terms.— The authorized terms of imprisonment are—
+
+(1) for a Class A felony, the duration of the defendant’s life or any period of time;
+
+(2) for a Class B felony, not more than twenty-five years;
+
+(3) for a Class C felony, not more than twelve years;
+
+(4) for a Class D felony, not more than six years;
+
+(5) for a Class E felony, not more than three years;
+
+(6) for a Class A misdemeanor, not more than one year;
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+(7) for a Class B misdemeanor, not more than six months;
+
+(8) for a Class C misdemeanor, not more than thirty days; and
+
+(9) for an infraction, not more than five days.
+
+(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(2), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1998.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Effective DateSection effective Nov. 1, 1987, and applicable only to offenses committed after the taking effect of this section, see section 235(a)(1) of Pub. L. 98–473, set out as a note under section 3551 of this title.