Louisiana State Contact For International Prisoner Transfer

CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Art. 892.3. Transfer of foreign nationals or citizens; treaty.

When a treaty is in effect between the United States and a foreign country, providing for the transfer of a convicted offender who is a citizen or national of the foreign country to the foreign country or the transfer of a citizen of the United States convicted as an offender in the foreign country to the United States, the governor is authorized, subject to the terms of such treaty, to act on behalf of the state and to consent to the transfer of such convicted offenders under the previsions of Article IV, Section 5(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana. Added by Acts 1990, No. 514, ｧ 1, eff. July 18, 1990.