31 U.S.C. § 3545
Civil action to recover money
United States · Title 31 — MONEY AND FINANCE · Status: effective
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- 31 U.S.C. § 3545, Civil action to recover money, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/467683
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The Attorney General shall bring a civil action to recover an amount due to the United States Government on settlement of the account of a person accountable for public money when the person neglects or refuses to pay the amount to the Treasury. Any commission of that person and interest of 6 percent a year from the time the money is received by the person until repaid to the Treasury shall be added to the amount due on the account. The commission is forfeited when judgment is obtained.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- A bill to revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to money and finance, as title 31, United States Code, "Money and Finance".House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally