Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73
§3666 Bribe moneys
Title 18 › Part PART II— - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE › Chapter CHAPTER 232— - MISCELLANEOUS SENTENCING PROVISIONS › § 3666
Summary
Bribe money shown as evidence in U.S. courts must, after the case ends, be put into the court registry and handled under federal rules.
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Title 18, §3666
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Moneys received or tendered in evidence in any United States Court, or before any officer thereof, which have been paid to or received by any official as a bribe, shall, after the final disposition of the case, proceeding or investigation, be deposited in the registry of the court to be disposed of in accordance with the order of the court, to be subject, however, to the provisions of section 2042 of Title 28.
Legislative History
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Historical and Revision Notes
1948 ActBased on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 570 (Jan. 7, 1925, ch. 33, 43 Stat. 726). Changes were made in phraseology. 1949 ActThis section [section 55] corrects section 3612 of title 18, U.S.C., so that the reference in such section will be to the correct section number in title 28, U.S.C., as revised and enacted in 1948.
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Amendments
1949—Act May 24, 1949, substituted “section 2042” for “section 852”.
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Citation
18 U.S.C. § 3666
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73