50 USC § 4319 - Fugitives from justice barred from recovery

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identifier: "/us/usc/t50/s4319"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "50 USC § 4319 - Fugitives from justice barred from recovery"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "4319"
section_name: "Fugitives from justice barred from recovery"
chapter_number: 53
chapter_name: "TRADING WITH THE ENEMY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Oct. 6, 1917, ch. 106, § 22, as added Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 285, § 2, 42 Stat. 1516; amended Mar. 10, 1928, ch. 167, § 16, 45 Stat. 275.)"
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# § 4319. Fugitives from justice barred from recovery

No person shall be entitled to the return of any property or money under any provision of this chapter, or any amendment of this chapter, who is a fugitive from justice of the United States or any State or Territory thereof, or the District of Columbia.

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**Source Credit**: (Oct. 6, 1917, ch. 106, § 22, as added Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 285, § 2, 42 Stat. 1516; amended Mar. 10, 1928, ch. 167, § 16, 45 Stat. 275.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , known as the Trading with the enemy Act, also known as the Trading with the Enemy Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see  and Tables.

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 22 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Amendments

1928—Act , inserted “, or any amendment of this chapter,” after “any provision of this chapter”.