Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60
§8871 Payment of Costs and Expenses From Prize Fund
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— Navy and Marine Corps › Part IV— GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 883— PRIZE › § 8871
Summary
A court must approve prize-fund payments and may order money held by the Treasurer or a public depositary to pay costs the court approved. When the case ends, unpaid approved costs come from that deposit or, if none or restitution is ordered, from the U.S. suit‑expenses fund.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §8871
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(a)Payment may not be made from a prize fund except upon the order of the court. The court may, at any time, order the payment, from the deposit made with the Treasurer or public depositary in the cause, of costs or charges accrued and allowed.
(b)When the cause is finally disposed of, the court shall order the Treasurer or public depositary to pay the costs and charges allowed and unpaid. If the final decree is for restitution, or if there is no money subject to the order of the court in the cause, costs or charges allowed by the court and not paid by the claimants shall be paid out of the fund for paying the expenses of suits in which the United States is a party or is interested.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 767134 U.S.C. 1150 (less 2d sentence).R.S. 4640 (less 2d sentence). In subsection (b) the words “or orders” after “order” are omitted as surplusage. The words “a charge upon and” are omitted as surplusage.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7671 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 8871
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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