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A person having charge of a jail may choose to receive and keep in such jail, when room is available, all persons confined or committed thereto by process or order issued under authority of the United States until discharged according to law, the same as if such persons had been committed under process issued under authority of the state. Except for when there is a valid judicial warrant issued, any such agreement shall be made by a contract with the United States to confine or commit individuals in a jail and entered into prior to the jail accepting any person in federal custody.
Any contract shall include a fee of the total cost to the jail to confine or commit an individual in federal custody. If at any point funds are not received from the United States or there is an indication that funds will not be received from the United States and given to the local county or municipality, according to the contract, then the jail shall no longer agree to hold federal detainees.
Except for when a valid judicial warrant has been issued, no county or municipality may contract the use of their jail with the United States to confine or commit an individual that has been transported across any state line.