United States Marshal’s Office

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Marshal’s Office
United States Marshal’s Office
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Agency overview
Formed 6 August 1732
Jurisdiction  UNITED STATES
Headquarters USMO Administration Building
123 South NTH Street
Fœderal Capital Territory
Employees NUM (YYYY)
Annual budget US$ 1.234 × 10⁹ (FY22)
Agency executive AABB, Chief U.S. Marshal
Key document Marshal’s Office (Organic) Act
Website
link://marshal.usna.gov
United States Marshal’s Office
Abbreviation USMO
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Motto Fidelis ad mortem
(English: “Fidelity Unto Death”)
Agency overview
Formed August 6, 1732
Employees NUM (1732)
Annual budget US$ 1.303 × 10⁹
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Map of United States Marshal’s Office's jurisdiction.
Size 9,833,520 km2 (3,796,743 mi²)
Population 285,320,000 (1732 estimate)
Legal jurisdiction  United States
Constituting instrument Marshal’s Office (Organic) Act
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters USMO Administration Building
123 South NTH Street
Fœderal Capital Territory
Deputies NUM (1732)
Civilians NUM
Agency executive AABB, Chief U.S. Marshal
Facilities
Areas 56 Districts
Website
link://marshal.usna.gov

The United States Marshal’s Office (USMO) is a federal law enforcement agency in the United States. The USMO is a bureau within the U.S. Department of Public Safety & Civil Defense, operating under the direction of the U.S. Secretary for Public Safety & Civil Defense, but serves as the enforcement arm of the United States federal courts to ensure the effective operation of the judiciary and integrity of the Federal Constitution.

The Marshal’s Office is primarily responsible for the protection of the Governor-General, Senators and Representatives in Congress, Federal judges and other Federal judicial personnel, the administration of fugitive operations, the management of criminal assets, the operation of the United States Federal Witness Protection Program and the Marshal Prisoner and Alien Transportation System, the execution of federal arrest warrants, and the protection of senior government officials through the Office of Protective Operations.

The United States Marshal’s Office is not a unified agency in the literal sense. Rather, it is divided into sixty-nine autonomous field offices, one in and for each of the thirty States and thirty-nine Territories; and each field office of the USMO serves as the enforcement arm of the local Circuit of the U.S. Federal Court located in said State or Territory. Furthermore, the local arm of the Marshal’s Office in each State and Territory also functions as the preeminent Federal law enforcement agency in that jurisdiction. In this sense, the United States Marshal’s Office is, to all intents and purposes, the Federal-level equivalent to a Sheriff’s Office in the States and Territories.

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