[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR0.29j]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                    CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 0--ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart E-4--Office of the Inspector General
 
Sec. 0.29j  Law enforcement authority.

    Special Agents of the OIG are deputized on an annual basis as Deputy

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United States Marshals at the direction of the Deputy Attorney General 
and are authorized to:
    (a) Detect and assist in the prosecution of crimes in violation of 
the laws of the United States and to conduct such other investigations 
regarding matters that are within the jurisdiction of the Inspector 
General;
    (b) Carry firearms;
    (c) Seek and execute search and arrest warrants;
    (d) Arrest without warrant any person committing any offense in the 
presence of an OIG Special Agent or whom the Agent has reasonable 
grounds to believe has committed or is committing a felony;
    (e) Serve legal writs, summons, complaints, and subpoenas issued by 
the Inspector General or by a Federal grand jury;
    (f) Receive, transport, and provide safekeeping of arrestees and 
other persons in the custody of the Attorney General, or detained 
aliens.