Title 18, Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-102
§3194 Transportation of Fugitive by Receiving Agent
Title 18 › PART II — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE › CHAPTER 209 — EXTRADITION › § 3194
Summary
An officially appointed agent who takes a fugitive into custody can transport that person back to the state or territory they fled from.
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Title 18, §3194
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Any agent appointed as provided in section 3182 of this title who receives the fugitive into his custody is empowered to transport him to the State or Territory from which he has fled.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 663 (R.S. § 5279). Last sentence of said section 663, relating to rescue of such fugitive, was omitted as covered by section 752 of this title, the punishment provision of which is based on later statutes. (See reviser’s note under that section.) Minor changes were made in phraseology.
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18 U.S.C. § 3194
Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102