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[CITE: 28USC2044]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                            PART V--PROCEDURE
 
                   CHAPTER 129--MONEYS PAID INTO COURT
 
Sec. 2044. Payment of fine with bond money

    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.

(Added Pub. L. 101-647, title XXXVI, Sec. 3629(a), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 
Stat. 4966.)


                             Effective Date

    Section effective 180 days after Nov. 29, 1990, and applicable with 
respect to certain actions for debts owed the United States pending in 
court on that effective date, see section 3631 of Pub. L. 101-647, set 
out as a note under section 3001 of this title.
