28 CFR § 90.15 - Costs for criminal charges and protection orders.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s90.15"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 90.15 - Costs for criminal charges and protection orders."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "90.15"
section_name: "Costs for criminal charges and protection orders."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "90"
part_name: "VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 3711 42 U.S.C. 13925; 25 U.S.C. 1304(h)."
regulatory_source: "60 FR 19477, Apr. 18, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "90"
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# 90.15 Costs for criminal charges and protection orders.
(a) To be eligible for funding under this program, a State must meet the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 3796gg-5 with regard to not requiring victims to bear the costs for criminal charges and protection orders in cases of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
(b) An Indian tribal government, unit of local government, or court shall not be eligible for subgrants from the State unless it complies with the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 3796gg-5 with respect to its laws, policies, and practices not requiring victims to bear the costs for criminal charges and protection orders in cases of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.