18 USC § 3615 - Criminal default

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s3615"
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title: "18 USC § 3615 - Criminal default"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "3615"
section_name: "Criminal default"
chapter_number: 229
chapter_name: "POSTSENTENCE ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FINES"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(2), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2006.)"
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# § 3615. Criminal default

Whoever, having been sentenced to pay a fine, willfully fails to pay the fine, shall be fined not more than twice the amount of the unpaid balance of the fine or $10,000, whichever is greater, imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(2), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2006.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

For prior sections 3615 to 3620, applicable to offenses committed prior to , see note set out preceding .

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