18 USC § 3666 - Bribe moneys

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s3666"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "18 USC § 3666 - Bribe moneys"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "3666"
section_name: "Bribe moneys"
chapter_number: 232
chapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS SENTENCING PROVISIONS"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 840, § 3612; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 55, 63 Stat. 96; renumbered § 3666, Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(1), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1987.)"
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# § 3666. Bribe moneys

section 2042 of Title 28

Moneys received or tendered in evidence in any United States Court, or before any officer thereof, which have been paid to or received by any official as a bribe, shall, after the final disposition of the case, proceeding or investigation, be deposited in the registry of the court to be disposed of in accordance with the order of the court, to be subject, however, to the provisions of .

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 840, § 3612; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 55, 63 Stat. 96; renumbered § 3666, Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(1), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1987.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

### 1948 Act

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 570 (, ).

Changes were made in phraseology.

### 1949 Act

This section [section 55] corrects , U.S.C., so that the reference in such section will be to the correct section number in title 28, U.S.C., as revised and enacted in 1948.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1949—Act , substituted “section 2042” for “section 852”.