28 USC § 567 - Collection of fees; accounting

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title: "28 USC § 567 - Collection of fees; accounting"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "567"
section_name: "Collection of fees; accounting"
chapter_number: 37
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 89–554, § 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 621, § 572; renumbered § 567, Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7608(a)(2)(B), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4514.)"
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# § 567. Collection of fees; accounting

**(a)** Each United States marshal shall collect, as far as possible, his lawful fees and account for the same as public moneys.

**(b)** The marshal’s accounts of fees and costs paid to a witness or juror on certificate of attendance issued as provided by sections 1825 and 1871 of this title may not be reexamined to charge him for an erroneous payment of the fees or costs.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 89–554, § 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 621, § 572; renumbered § 567, Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7608(a)(2)(B), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4514.)

| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes andStatutes at Large |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 28 U.S.C. 551. | [None]. |

In subsection (b), the words “may not” are substituted for “shall not”.

### 1948 Act

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 577, 578a (R.S. § 846; , §§ 6, 13, 24, , 183, 186; , ; , ; , ).

Section consolidates first sentence of section 577 with , U.S.C., 1940 ed., with changes of phraseology necessary to effect consolidation. Other provisions of said section 577 are incorporated in .

The qualification that payments of witness fees or costs be made upon “order of court,” contained in said , U.S.C., 1940 ed., was omitted as obsolete and suitable reference was made to sections 1825 and 1871 of this title under which payments are now made on certificates of attendance.

, U.S.C., 1940 ed., is rewritten in simplified terms without change of substance. The proviso of such section 578a, prohibiting the collection of fees from the United States, was omitted as covered by , providing that the United States should be liable only for fees when such liability is expressly provided by Congress.

The provision of , U.S.C., 1940 ed., requiring that fees and emoluments collected by the marshal shall be deposited by him in accordance with the provisions of , U.S.C., 1940 ed., Money and Finance, was omitted as said section 495 governs such deposits without implementation in this section.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 567, added , , , related to expenses of marshals, prior to repeal by . See .

### Amendments

1988— renumbered  as this section.