{"data":{"id":"us/28-cfr-551.11","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"28 CFR 551.11","heading":"Authority to approve a marriage.","body":"(a) The Warden may approve the marriage of a federal inmate confined in a federal institution. This authority may not be delegated below the level of Acting Warden.\n(b) The appropriate Community Corrections Manager may approve the request to marry of a federal inmate who is not confined in a federal institution (for example, a federal inmate who is in a community corrections center, in home confinement, in state custody, or in a local detention facility).","path":["Title 28—Judicial Administration","CHAPTER V—BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","SUBCHAPTER C—INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT","PART 551—MISCELLANEOUS","Subpart B—Marriages of Inmates"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-28.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:14Z","sha256":"d2257fd148bd91e57d2eb9df122dabc4dda2e03bd01825e91b0b1237a363c316","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/28-cfr-551.10","next":"us/28-cfr-551.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}