18 USC § 3605 - Transfer of jurisdiction over a probationer

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title: "18 USC § 3605 - Transfer of jurisdiction over a probationer"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "3605"
section_name: "Transfer of jurisdiction over a probationer"
chapter_number: 229
chapter_name: "POSTSENTENCE ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "PROBATION"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(2), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2003.)"
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# § 3605. Transfer of jurisdiction over a probationer

A court, after imposing a sentence, may transfer jurisdiction over a probationer or person on supervised release to the district court for any other district to which the person is required to proceed as a condition of his probation or release, or is permitted to proceed, with the concurrence of such court. A later transfer of jurisdiction may be made in the same manner. A court to which jurisdiction is transferred under this section is authorized to exercise all powers over the probationer or releasee that are permitted by this subchapter or subchapter B or D of chapter 227.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(2), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2003.)

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