---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 3196"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "3196"
heading: "Extradition of United States citizens"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/3196"
units:
  - "Part II — Criminal Procedure"
  - "Chapter 209 — Extradition"
---

# §3196. Extradition of United States citizens


If the applicable treaty or convention does not obligate the United States to extradite its citizens to a foreign country, the Secretary of State may, nevertheless, order the surrender to that country of a United States citizen whose extradition has been requested by that country if the other requirements of that treaty or convention are met.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 101–623, § 11(a), Nov. 21, 1990, 104 Stat. 3356.)