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[CITE: 28USC2466]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART VI--PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS
 
              CHAPTER 163--FINES, PENALTIES AND FORFEITURES
 
Sec. 2466. Fugitive disentitlement

    A judicial officer may disallow a person from using the resources of 
the courts of the United States in furtherance of a claim in any related 
civil forfeiture action or a claim in third party proceedings in any 
related criminal forfeiture action upon a finding that such person--
        (1) after notice or knowledge of the fact that a warrant or 
    process has been issued for his apprehension, in order to avoid 
    criminal prosecution--
            (A) purposely leaves the jurisdiction of the United States;
            (B) declines to enter or reenter the United States to submit 
        to its jurisdiction; or
            (C) otherwise evades the jurisdiction of the court in which 
        a criminal case is pending against the person; and

        (2) is not confined or held in custody in any other jurisdiction 
    for commission of criminal conduct in that jurisdiction.

(Added Pub. L. 106-185, Sec. 14(a), Apr. 25, 2000, 114 Stat. 219.)


                             Effective Date

    Pub. L. 106-185, Sec. 14(c), Apr. 25, 2000, 114 Stat. 219, provided 
that: ``The amendments made by this section [enacting this section] 
shall apply to any case pending on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act [Apr. 25, 2000].''
