Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73
§3605 Transfer of jurisdiction over a probationer
Title 18 › Part PART II— - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE › Chapter CHAPTER 229— - POSTSENTENCE ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER A— - PROBATION › § 3605
Summary
A court can transfer authority over someone on probation or supervised release to another district court where the person must or may go, if that other court agrees. The receiving court then has the same powers over the person that federal law allows, and the transfer can be done again the same way.
Full Legal Text
Title 18, §3605
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A court, after imposing a sentence, may transfer jurisdiction over a probationer or person on supervised release to the district court for any other district to which the person is required to proceed as a condition of his probation or release, or is permitted to proceed, with the concurrence of such court. A later transfer of jurisdiction may be made in the same manner. A court to which jurisdiction is transferred under this section is authorized to exercise all powers over the probationer or releasee that are permitted by this subchapter or subchapter B or D of chapter 227.
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Effective Date
Section 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.
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Citation
18 U.S.C. § 3605
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73