Title 18, Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-102
§4112 Loss of Rights, Disqualification
Title 18 › PART III — PRISONS AND PRISONERS › CHAPTER 306 — TRANSFER TO OR FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES › § 4112
Summary
If a person is brought into the United States to serve a sentence from a foreign court, they cannot lose rights or be barred from things just because of that transfer. They only face the same loss of rights or disqualifications that U.S. or state law would impose because of the foreign conviction.
Full Legal Text
Title 18, §4112
Crimes and Criminal Procedure, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
An offender transferred to the United States to serve a sentence imposed by a foreign court shall not incur any loss of civil, political, or civic rights nor incur any disqualification other than those which under the laws of the United States or of the State in which the issue arises would result from the fact of the conviction in the foreign country.
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18 U.S.C. § 4112
Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102