Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73
§201 Penalties; how recovered
Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 5— - PROTECTION OF INDIANS › § 201
Summary
Penalties must be recovered by a U.S. debt suit where the defendant is found. Recovered money is split: half to the person who reported it and half to the U.S., unless the U.S. first prosecuted, in which case it keeps all.
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Title 25, §201
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All penalties which shall accrue under title 28 of the Revised Statutes shall be sued for and recovered in an action in the nature of an action of debt, in the name of the United States, before any court having jurisdiction of the same, in any State or Territory in which the defendant shall be arrested or found, the one half to the use of the informer and the other half to the use of the United States, except when the prosecution shall be first instituted on behalf of the United States, in which case the whole shall be to their use.
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Title 28 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in text, was in the original “this Title”, meaning title 28 of the Revised Statutes, consisting of R.S. §§ 2039 to 2157. For complete classification of R.S. §§ 2039 to 2157 to the Code, see Tables. Codification R.S. § 2124 derived from act June 30, 1834, ch. 161, § 27, 4 Stat. 733.
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25 U.S.C. § 201
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73