Title 18Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73

§4104 Transfer of offenders on probation

Title 18 › Part PART III— - PRISONS AND PRISONERS › Chapter CHAPTER 306— - TRANSFER TO OR FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES › § 4104

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Before the Attorney General agrees to transfer a person on probation into the United States, the Attorney General must get the okay from the U.S. district court that will supervise them. When the person arrives, the Attorney General must bring them before that court. The court will put the person under a probation officer and set rules as if the court had given the probation. Probation can be revoked under section 3565 and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure if rules are broken, and a revoked probation means the suspended sentence is carried out. Sections 4105 and 4106 apply after revocation. Before the Attorney General agrees to transfer a person out of the United States, the Attorney General must get the permission of the court that has jurisdiction over the probationer.

Full Legal Text

Title 18, §4104

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(a)Prior to consenting to the transfer to the United States of an offender who is on probation, the Attorney General shall determine that the appropriate United States district court is willing to undertake the supervision of the offender.
(b)Upon the receipt of an offender on probation from the authorities of a foreign country, the Attorney General shall cause the offender to be brought before the United States district court which is to exercise supervision over the offender.
(c)The court shall place the offender under supervision of the probation officer of the court. The offender shall be supervised by a probation officer, under such conditions as are deemed appropriate by the court as though probation had been imposed by the United States district court.
(d)The probation may be revoked in accordance with section 3565 of this title and the applicable provisions of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. A violation of the conditions of probation shall constitute grounds for revocation. If probation is revoked the suspended sentence imposed by the sentencing court shall be executed.
(e)The provisions of section 4105 and 4106 of this title shall be applicable following a revocation of probation.
(f)Prior to consenting to the transfer from the United States of an offender who is on probation, the Attorney General shall obtain the assent of the court exercising jurisdiction over the probationer.

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2002—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 107–273 substituted “section 3565 of this title and the applicable provisions of” for “section 3653 of this title and rule 32(f) of”.

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18 U.S.C. § 4104

Title 18Crimes and Criminal Procedure

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Apr 6, 2026

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