Title 18, Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-102
§3190 Evidence on Hearing
Title 18 › PART II — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE › CHAPTER 209 — EXTRADITION › § 3190
Summary
At an extradition hearing, documents like depositions, warrants, or copies must be accepted as evidence if they are properly authenticated the same way the courts of the foreign country would accept them. A certificate from the chief U.S. diplomat or consul in that country is enough proof that the papers are authenticated correctly.
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Title 18, §3190
Crimes and Criminal Procedure, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Depositions, warrants, or other papers or copies thereof offered in evidence upon the hearing of any extradition case shall be received and admitted as evidence on such hearing for all the purposes of such hearing if they shall be properly and legally authenticated so as to entitle them to be received for similar purposes by the tribunals of the foreign country from which the accused party shall have escaped, and the certificate of the principal diplomatic or consular officer of the United States resident in such foreign country shall be proof that the same, so offered, are authenticated in the manner required.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 655 (R.S. § 5271; Aug. 3, 1882, ch. 378, § 5, 22 Stat. 216). Unnecessary words were deleted.
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18 U.S.C. § 3190
Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102