10 USC § 8870 - Costs and expenses a charge on prize property

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s8870"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 8870 - Costs and expenses a charge on prize property"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8870"
section_name: "Costs and expenses a charge on prize property"
chapter_number: 883
chapter_name: "PRIZE"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 480, § 7670; renumbered § 8870, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.)"
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# § 8870. Costs and expenses a charge on prize property

**(a)** Costs and expenses allowed by the court incident to the bringing in, custody, preservation, insurance, and sale or other disposal of prize property are a charge upon the property and shall be paid from the proceeds thereof, unless the court decrees restitution free from such a charge.

**(b)** Charges for work and labor, materials furnished, or money paid must be supported by affidavit or vouchers.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 480, § 7670; renumbered § 8870, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7670(a) | 34 U.S.C. 1149. | R.S. 4639. |
| 7670(b) | 34 U.S.C. 1150 (2d sentence). | R.S. 4640 (2d sentence). |

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .