PUBLIC LAW 98-473—OCT. 12, 1984 '• '
98 STAT. 2037
"(1) INTEREST.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, interest at the rate of 1 per centum per month, or 12 per centum per year, shall be charged, beginning the thirty-first day after sentencing on the first day of each month during which any fine balance remains unpaid, including sums to be paid pursuant to an installment schedule. "(2) MONETARY PENALTIES FOR DELINQUENT FINES.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, a penalty sum equal to 10 per centum shall be charged for any portion of a criminal fine which has become delinquent. The Attorney General may waive all or part of the penalty for good cause. "§ 3596. Civil remedies for satisfaction of an unpaid fine "(a) LIEN.—A fine imposed as a sentence is a lien in favor of the United States upon all property belonging to the person fined. The lien arises at the time of the entry of the judgment and continues until the liability is satisfied, remitted, or set aside, or until it becomes unenforceable pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b). On application of the person fined, the Attorney General shall— "(1) issue a certificate of release, as described in section 6325 of the Internal Revenue Code, of any lien imposed pursuant to this section, upon his acceptance of a bond described in section 6325(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code; or "(2) issue a certificate of discharge, as described in section 6325 of the Internal Revenue Code, of any part of the person's property subject to a lien imposed pursuant to this section, upon his determination that the fair market value of that part of such property remaining subject to and available to satisfy the lien is at least three times the amount of the fine. "(b) EXPIRATION OF LIEN.—A lien becomes unenforceable at the time liability to pay a fine expires as provided in section 3598. "(c) APPLICATION OF OTHER LIEN PROVISIONS.—The provisions of sections 6323, 6331, 6334 through 6336, 6337(a), 6338 through 6343, 6901, 7402, 7403, 7424 through 7426, 7505(a), 7506, 7701, and 7805 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (26 U.S.C. 6323, 6331, 6332, 6334 through 6336, 6337(a), 6338 through 6343, 6901, 7402, 7403, 7424 through 7426, 7505(a), 7506, 7701, and 7805) and of section 513 of the Act of October 17, 1940 (54 Stat. 1190), apply to a fine and to the lien imposed by subsection (a) as if the liability of the person fined were for an internal revenue tax assessment, except to the extent that the application of such statutes is modified by regulations issued by the Attorney General to accord with differences in the nature of the liabilities. For the purposes of this subsection, references in the preceding sections of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to 'the Secretary' shall be construed to mean 'the Attorney General,' and references in those sections to 'tax' shall be construed to mean 'fine.' "(d) EFFECT ON NOTICE OF LIEN.—A notice of the lien imposed by subsection (a) shall be considered a notice of lien for taxes payable to the United States for the purposes of any State or local law providing for the filing of a notice of a tax lien. The registration, recording, docketing, or indexing, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 1962, of the judgment under which a fine is imposed shall be considered for all purposes as the filing prescribed by section 6323(f)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (26 U.S.C. 6323(f)(1)(A)) and by subsection (c). "(e) ALTERNATIVE ENFORCEMENT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a judgment imposing a fine may be
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Waiver, 18 USC 3596.
26 USC 6325.
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50 USC app. 573.
26 USC l et seq.
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