Title 18, Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-102
§3049 Warrant for Removal
Title 18 › PART II — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE › CHAPTER 203 — ARREST AND COMMITMENT › § 3049
Summary
One writ or warrant is enough to move a prisoner to another district; give copies to both jailers and send original and marshal’s report to receiving district clerk.
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Title 18, §3049
Crimes and Criminal Procedure, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Only one writ or warrant is necessary to remove a prisoner from one district to another. One copy thereof may be delivered to the sheriff or jailer from whose custody the prisoner is taken, and another to the sheriff or jailer to whose custody he is committed, and the original writ, with the marshal’s return thereon, shall be returned to the clerk of the district to which he is removed.
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Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 604 (R.S. § 1029).
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18 U.S.C. § 3049
Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102