---
title: "Appeal by United States"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 3731"
authority_id: "AUTH-USC-18-3731"
authority_type: "statute"
jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide"
precedential_status: "binding_enacted_positive_law_title"
official_url: "https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/18/3731"
url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-USC-18-3731/"
legal_review: "2026-08-25"
links_checked: "2026-10-15"
links_available: 1
links_checked_count: 1
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# Government Criminal Appeals

## Propositions supported

Government appeal of suppression, exclusion, and property-return orders; certification, timing, diligence, double-jeopardy, and liberal-construction limits.

## Material limitations

Application requires the actual order, jeopardy status, certification, notice, and controlling appellate law.

## Official source

<https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/18/3731>


## Used in

- [Suppression, Severance, and Pretrial Evidentiary Motions](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/20-pretrial/suppression-severance-and-pretrial-motions.md)
- [Criminal Appeal Notice, Jurisdiction, Waivers, and Record](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/50-direct-review/notice-jurisdiction-and-record.md)