Title 18, Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-102
§3186 Secretary of State to Surrender Fugitive
Title 18 › PART II — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE › CHAPTER 209 — EXTRADITION › § 3186
Summary
Secretary of State can hand over someone held under the extradition process to a foreign agent for trial, who may take them under a treaty and retake escapees.
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Title 18, §3186
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The Secretary of State may order the person committed under section 3184 or 3185 of this title to be delivered to any authorized agent of such foreign government, to be tried for the offense of which charged. Such agent may hold such person in custody, and take him to the territory of such foreign government, pursuant to such treaty. A person so accused who escapes may be retaken in the same manner as any person accused of any offense.
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Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 653 (R.S. § 5272). Changes were made in phraseology and surplusage was deleted.
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18 U.S.C. § 3186
Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102