18 U.S.C. § 3183 — Fugitives from State, Territory, or Possession into extraterritorial jurisdiction of United States

When the executive authority of a State, Territory, District, or United States possession demands an American citizen or national as a fugitive from justice who fled to a country where the United States exercises extraterritorial jurisdiction, the authority must produce either a copy of an indictment or an affidavit made before a magistrate of the demanding jurisdiction. The document must charge the fugitive with treason, a felony, or another offense. The Governor or chief magistrate of the demanding jurisdiction, or another authorized person, must certify that the document is authentic.

The United States officer or representative with judicial authority who receives the demand must arrest and secure the fugitive. That officer or representative must notify the executive authorities that made the demand, or the agent those authorities appointed to receive the fugitive. The officer or representative must deliver the fugitive to that agent when the agent appears.

If no such agent appears within three months after the arrest, the prisoner may be discharged.

The agent who receives the fugitive may transport the fugitive to the jurisdiction from which the fugitive fled. This section does not define the terms “fugitive from justice” or “extraterritorial jurisdiction.”