---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 527.43"
title: "28"
number: "527.43"
heading: "Notification of inmates."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/527.43"
---

# §527.43. Notification of inmates.


Foreign national inmates will be notified about the International Prisoner Transfer Program and the procedures to follow to apply for transfer as follows:

- (a) Through information provided in the institution's admission and orientation program; and
- (b) **Through individual notice given to an inmate who is a citizen or national of a treaty nation.** The notice must:
  - (1) Reiterate the availability of the transfer program;
  - (2) Provide the inmate with an opportunity to inquire about transfer to the country of which the inmate is a citizen or national; and
  - (3) **Inform the inmates of the procedures set forth in this part.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: 80 FR 38621, July 7, 2015, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 3565, 3569, 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 4100-4115, 4161-4166 (Repealed as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 4201-4218, 5003, 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984 as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 28 CFR 0.95-0.99.