Title 18, Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-102
§4111 Prosecution Barred by Foreign Conviction
Title 18 › PART III — PRISONS AND PRISONERS › CHAPTER 306 — TRANSFER TO OR FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES › § 4111
Summary
If someone is transferred to the United States after being sentenced elsewhere, U.S. or state officials must not arrest, charge, try, or punish them for any offense that would have been barred by the laws when that sentence was given.
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Title 18, §4111
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An offender transferred to the United States shall not be detained, prosecuted, tried, or sentenced by the United States, or any State thereof for any offense the prosecution of which would have been barred if the sentence upon which the transfer was based had been by a court of the jurisdiction seeking to prosecute the transferred offender, or if prosecution would have been barred by the laws of the jurisdiction seeking to prosecute the transferred offender if the sentence on which the transfer was based had been issued by a court of the United States or by a court of another State.
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18 U.S.C. § 4111
Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102