---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 2466"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "2466"
heading: "Fugitive disentitlement"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/2466"
units:
  - "Part VI — Particular Proceedings"
  - "Chapter 163 — Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures"
---

# §2466. Fugitive disentitlement

- (a) A judicial officer may disallow a [person](/usc/28/3002.md?p=10) from using the resources of the [courts](/usc/28/3002.md?p=2) of the [United States](/usc/28/3002.md?p=15) 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](/usc/28/3002.md?p=10)—
  - (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—
    - (A) purposely leaves the jurisdiction of the [United States](/usc/28/3002.md?p=15);
    - (B) declines to enter or reenter the [United States](/usc/28/3002.md?p=15) to submit to its jurisdiction; or
    - (C) otherwise evades the jurisdiction of the [court](/usc/28/3002.md?p=2) in which a criminal case is pending against the [person](/usc/28/3002.md?p=10); and
  - (2) is not confined or held in custody in any other jurisdiction for commission of criminal conduct in that jurisdiction.
- (b) [Subsection (a)](#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](/usc/28/3002.md?p=10) to whom [subsection (a)](#a) applies.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 106–185, § 14(a), Apr. 25, 2000, 114 Stat. 219; amended Pub. L. 107–56, title III, § 322, Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 315; Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1171(c), Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3123; Pub. L. 109–177, title IV, § 406(a)(1), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 244.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2006—Pub. L. 109–177 directed amendment of directory language of Pub. L. 107–56, § 322, identical to amendment by Pub. L. 109–162. See below.

Pub. L. 109–162 amended directory language of Pub. L. 107–56, § 322. See 2001 Amendment note below.

2001—Pub. L. 107–56, § 322, as amended by Pub. L. 109–162, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2006 Amendment

Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1171(c), Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3123, provided in part that the amendment made by section 1171(c) of Pub. L. 109–162 is effective Oct. 26, 2001.

### Effective Date

Pub. L. 106–185, § 14(c), Apr. 25, 2000, 114 Stat. 219, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [enacting this section] shall apply to any case pending on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Apr. 25, 2000].”