Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73
§4115 Execution of sentences imposing an obligation to make restitution or reparations
Title 18 › Part PART III— - PRISONS AND PRISONERS › Chapter CHAPTER 306— - TRANSFER TO OR FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES › § 4115
Summary
If a court in the country that sent a prisoner here orders that person to pay a crime victim, that money order can be enforced in the United States like a civil judgment in a U.S. district court. The Attorney General can start the collection in any U.S. district court, and any money recovered must be sent back through diplomatic channels to the treaty authority in the sending country so it can be given to the victim.
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Title 18, §4115
Crimes and Criminal Procedure — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
If in a sentence issued in a penal proceeding of a transferring country an offender transferred to the United States has been ordered to pay a sum of money to the victim of the offense for damage caused by the offense, that penalty or award of damages may be enforced as though it were a civil judgment rendered by a United States district court. Proceedings to collect the moneys ordered to be paid may be instituted by the Attorney General in any United States district court. Moneys recovered pursuant to such proceedings shall be transmitted through diplomatic channels to the treaty authority of the transferring country for distribution to the victim.
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18 U.S.C. § 4115
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73