Public Law 119-83 (04/13/2026)

18 U.S.C. § 3194

Transportation of fugitive by receiving agent

section 3182 of this titleAny agent appointed as provided in who receives the fugitive into his custody is empowered to transport him to the State or Territory from which he has fled.

June 25, 1948, ch. 645 62 Stat. 825 (, .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 663 (R.S. § 5279).

section 752 of this titleLast sentence of said section 663, relating to rescue of such fugitive, was omitted as covered by , the punishment provision of which is based on later statutes. (See reviser’s note under that section.)

Minor changes were made in phraseology.