18 U.S.C. § 3151
Section 3151 · Refund of forfeited bail
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case United States v. Williams (1980)
Most recently applied in United States v. Blechman (March 2011)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Appropriations available to refund money erroneously received and deposited in the Treasury are available to refund any part of forfeited bail deposited into the Treasury and ordered remitted under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
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References in Text
The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, referred to in text, are set out in the Appendix to this title.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 3151, added Pub. L. 89–465, §3(a), June 22, 1966, 80 Stat. 216, related to contempt power of courts, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 98–473, title II, §203(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1976.