# Justice Manual § 9-15.250: Procedure After Assembling Documents

> Federal · Agency guidance · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-15.250

## Section

- **Citation:** Justice Manual § 9-15.250
- **Heading:** Procedure After Assembling Documents
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Agency guidance
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** DOJ Justice Manual / Title 9: Criminal / 9-15.000 - International Extradition And Related Matters / Justice Manual § 9-15.250

## Text

After assembling the documents required in support of extradition, the prosecutor should review them carefully to ensure that all names, dates, and charges mentioned in the affidavit and accompanying exhibits are consistent, and then forward the documents to OIA for review.  Prosecutors should not execute affidavits, nor have witnesses do so, until the OIA attorney who covers the country approves the drafts.

Once the drafts have been approved by OIA, the prosecutor should forward the original(s) and an OIA-specified number of copies of the entire package to OIA.  OIA can submit the package for translation on behalf of the prosecutor.  Translations can take three weeks to complete, even for common languages. The cost of translating the extradition package will be billed to the U.S. Attorney’s Office or State prosecutor’s office requesting extradition.
See
JM 9-15.900
.  OIA secures the required certifications on the original extradition documents and transmits it to the Department of State.

[updated April 2018]

## Nearby sections

- [Justice Manual § 9-15.100 General Principles Related to Obtaining Fugitives from Abroad](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-15.100.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-15.200 Procedures For Requesting Extradition From Abroad](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-15.200.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-15.210 Role of the Office of International Affairs in Extradition Matters](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-15.210.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-15.220 Determination of Extraditability](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-15.220.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-15.230 Request for Provisional Arrest](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-15.230.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-15.240 Documents Required in Support of Request for Extradition](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-15.240.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-15.250 Procedure After Assembling Documents](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-15.250.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-15.300 Procedure in the Foreign Country](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-15.300.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-15.400 Return of the Fugitive](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-15.400.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-15.500 Post Extradition Considerations—Limitations on Further Prosecution](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-15.500.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-15.600 Alternatives To Extradition](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-15.600.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-15.610 Deportations, Expulsions, or Other Lawful Methods of Return](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-15.610.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-15.630 Lures](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-15.630.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-15.635 Interpol Red Notices](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-15.635.md)

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