{"identifier":"/us/usc/t28/s2466","title":28,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2466.","heading":"Fugitive disentitlement","text":"\u00a7\u202f2466.\nFugitive disentitlement\n(a) A judicial officer may disallow a person from using the resources of the courts of the United States in furtherance of a claim in any related civil forfeiture action or a claim in third party proceedings in any related criminal forfeiture action upon a finding that such person\u2014\n(1) after notice or knowledge of the fact that a warrant or process has been issued for his apprehension, in order to avoid criminal prosecution\u2014\n(A) purposely leaves the jurisdiction of the United States;\n(B) declines to enter or reenter the United States to submit to its jurisdiction; or\n(C) otherwise evades the jurisdiction of the court in which a criminal case is pending against the person; and\n(2) is not confined or held in custody in any other jurisdiction for commission of criminal conduct in that jurisdiction.\n(b) Subsection (a) may be applied to a claim filed by a corporation if any majority shareholder, or individual filing the claim on behalf of the corporation is a person to whom subsection (a) applies.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t28/s2466.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t28/s2466","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2466."},{"t":"heading","text":"Fugitive disentitlement"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t28/s2466/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" A judicial officer may disallow a person from using the resources of the courts of the United States in furtherance of a claim in any related civil forfeiture action or a claim in third party proceedings in any related criminal forfeiture action upon a finding that such person\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t28/s2466/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" after notice or knowledge of the fact that a warrant or process has been issued for his apprehension, in order to avoid criminal prosecution\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t28/s2466/a/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" purposely leaves the jurisdiction of the United States;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t28/s2466/a/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" declines to enter or reenter the United States to submit to its jurisdiction; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t28/s2466/a/1/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" otherwise evades the jurisdiction of the court in which a criminal case is pending against the person; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t28/s2466/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" is not confined or held in custody in any other jurisdiction for commission of criminal conduct in that jurisdiction.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t28/s2466/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" Subsection (a) may be applied to a claim filed by a corporation if any majority shareholder, or individual filing the claim on behalf of the corporation is a person to whom subsection (a) applies.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}