◆ SpookStack

Declassified Document Archive & Reader
Log In Register
Reader Ad Slot
Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.

Legal Handbook for FBI Special Agents — Part 2

147 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Apr 28, 1978 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Legal Handbook for FBI Special Agents · 147 pages OCR'd
← Back to feed
SENSTTEVE_ Manl-ID: LHBSAP1 LEGAL HANDBOOK FOR SPECIAL AGENTS PART 1 When any person in Bureau custody complains of sickness or ill health, or where such a condition is reasonably apparent to Agents present, arrangements should be made to afford such persons medical attention without delay. **EFEDte: 12/28/2001 MCRT#: 1164 Div: D9 Cav: SecCls: 3-10 FOREIGN NATIONALS (See MIOG, Part II, 11-2.3.3.) In every case in which a foreign national is arrested by the FBI, Agents are to inform the foreign national that his/her consul will be advised of his/her arrest unless he/she does not wish such notification to be given. If the foreign national does not wish to have his/her consul notified, the Agents are to also inform him/her if there is a treaty in force between the United States and his/her country which requires such notification, consul must be notified regardless of his/her wishes, and that any necessary notification to his/her consul will be made by the USA. In all arrests by the FBI of foreign nationals (including those where the foreign national has stated that he/she does not wish his/her consul to be notified), the FBI field office shall inform the nearest USA of the arrest and of the arrested person's wishes regarding consular notification. **EfEDte: 03/31/1983 MCRT#: 0 Div: D9 Cav: SecCls: 3-11 ARRESTS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES (See MIOG, Part II, 11-2.3.3, 23-4.4, and 23-8.2.) Agents have no jurisdiction in foreign countries, hence, cannot exercise the power of arrest, search, or seizure in such places. Agents are not to be present at the scene of arrests by foreign authorities, participate in or be present during searches incidental to such arrest, accompany foreign officials transporting prisoners, or participate in interviews of prisoners except at their places of incarceration and in the presence of foreign authorities. Agents are not to participate in any unauthorized or unlawful actions even though invited to do so by a cooperating foreign officer. **EFEDte: 03/31/1983 MCRT#: 0 Div: D9 Cav: SecCls: 3-12 DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY (See|5-11.) | Diplomatic representatives of foreign governments in the United States are exempt from arrest by all officers, federal or state. Agents may not enter the office or dwelling of these representatives for the purpose of making an arrest, search, or Printed: 05/05/2004 13:08:54 Page 12
OCR quality for this page
Community corrections
First editor: none yet Last editor: none yet
No user corrections yet.
Comments
Document-wide discussion. Follow the Community Standards.
No comments on this document yet.
Bottom Reader Ad Slot
Bottom Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.

Continue Exploring

Use the strongest next step for this document: continue reading, jump to the topic hub, or move into the matching agency collection.
Continue Reading at Page 39
Jump straight to page 39 of 147.
Reader
Legal Handbook for FBI Special Agents — Part 1
Stay inside Legal Handbook for FBI Special Agents with another closely related document.
Topic
FBI Documents & FOIA Archive
Open the FBI agency landing page for stronger archive context.
FBI
Legal Handbook for FBI Special Agents Topic Hub
See the topic overview, related documents, and linked subtopics.
Hub

Agency Collection

This document also belongs in the FBI Documents & FOIA Archive landing page, which is the stronger starting point for agency-level browsing and for searches focused on FBI records.
FBI Documents & FOIA Archive
Open the agency landing page for introduction text, topic links, and more FBI documents.
FBI

Explore This Archive Cluster

This document belongs to the General archive hub and the more specific Legal Handbook for FBI Special Agents topic page. Use these hub pages when you want the broader collection context, linked subtopics, and more documents around the same archive thread.
letter bureau
Related subtopics
John Murtha
57 documents · 1471 known pages
Subtopic
Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy
42 documents · 2653 known pages
Subtopic
D B Cooper
41 documents · 13789 known pages
Subtopic
Kansas City Massacre
38 documents · 5300 known pages
Subtopic
Black Panther Party
36 documents · 3066 known pages
Subtopic
Malcolm X
36 documents · 3932 known pages
Subtopic