Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Part V · Chapter 129 — Moneys Paid Into Court
§ 2044. Payment of fine with bond money
Statutory text
On motion of the United States attorney, the court shall order any money belonging to and deposited by or on behalf of the defendant with the court for the purposes of a criminal appearance bail bond (trial or appeal) to be held and paid over to the United States attorney to be applied to the payment of any assessment, fine, restitution, or penalty imposed upon the defendant. The court shall not release any money deposited for bond purposes after a plea or a verdict of the defendant’s guilt has been entered and before sentencing except upon a showing that an assessment, fine, restitution or penalty cannot be imposed for the offense the defendant committed or that the defendant would suffer an undue hardship. This section shall not apply to any third party surety.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act of 1990
Pub. L. 101–647 title XXXVI § 3629(a) · 104 Stat. 4789
Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 2044
(Added Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXVI, § 3629(a), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4966.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXVI, § 3629(a), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4966.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Chapter 129 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “§ 2044. Payment of fine with bond money Courts. “On motion of the United States attorney, the court shall order any money belonging to and deposited by or on behalf of the defendant with the court for the purposes of a criminal appearance bail bond (trial or appeal) to be held and paid over to the United States attorney to be applied to the payment of any assessment, fine, restitution, or penalty imposed upon the defendant. The court shall not release any money deposited for bond purposes after a plea or a verdict of the defendant’s guilt has been entered and before sentencing except upon a showing that an assessment, fine, restitution or penalty cannot be imposed for the offense the defendant committed or that the defendant would suffer an undue hardship. This section shall not apply to any third party surety.”.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective 180 days after , see section 3631 of Pub. L. 101–647, set out as a note under section 3001 of this title.
Credits
(Added Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXVI, § 3629(a), , 104 Stat. 4966.)