28 CFR § 7.3 - Eligibility for reward.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s7.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 7.3 - Eligibility for reward."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "7.3"
section_name: "Eligibility for reward."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "7"
part_name: "REWARDS FOR CAPTURE OF ESCAPED FEDERAL PRISONERS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 3059."
regulatory_source: "25 FR 2420, Mar. 23, 1960, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "7"
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# 7.3 Eligibility for reward.
A reward may be paid to any person, except an official or employee of the Department of Justice or a law-enforcement officer of the U.S. Government, who personally captures and surrenders an escaped Federal prisoner to proper officials, or who assists in the capture, of an escaped Federal prisoner.