---
title: "Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act"
citation: "Pub. L. No. 91-538, § 2, 84 Stat. 1397 (1970)"
authority_id: "AUTH-IADA-PL-91-538"
authority_type: "statute"
jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide"
precedential_status: "binding"
official_url: "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-84/pdf/STATUTE-84-Pg1397.pdf"
url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-IADA-PL-91-538/"
legal_review: "2026-08-25"
links_checked: "2026-10-15"
links_available: 1
links_checked_count: 1
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act

## Holding or rule used

Agreement procedures for covered untried charges, custody requests, clocks, and anti-shuttling.

## Material limitation

Use only for the bounded proposition and limitations in the linked canonical modules. Individual custody, computation, program, placement, administrative, circuit, and remedy facts remain separate.

## Official source and pinpoints

Pub. L. No. 91-538, 84 Stat. 1397 (1970), arts. I–IX: <https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-84/pdf/STATUTE-84-Pg1397.pdf>


## Used in

- [Detainers, Prison Discipline, Good-Time Consequences, and RDAP](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/80-sentence-execution-and-bop/detainers-discipline-and-rdap.md)