{"id":1180,"date":"2021-04-14T15:53:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T19:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2022-10-04T13:43:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T17:43:03","slug":"can-the-government-take-my-home-to-collect-restitution-in-federal-criminal-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/can-the-government-take-my-home-to-collect-restitution-in-federal-criminal-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Can the Government Take My Home to Collect Restitution in Federal Criminal Case?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In most situations the answer is no, but the most complete answer is \u201cit depends.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 First, it is important to know that restitution is different from fines and costs.\u00a0 Fines are defined by statute and meant to be punitive. For example, if you were convicted of prescription fraud under 18 USC \u00a7 841, you could be fined up to $10,000,000. Costs are generally discretionary and are meant to reimburse the government for the expenses involved in prosecuting you.\u00a0 Both fines and costs are paid to the government.<\/p>\n<p>Restitution on the other hand is meant to restore the victims of the crime to the place where they stood before the crime was committed. The legal phrase for this is to make the victim \u201cwhole.\u201d Generally, the purpose of restitution is to compensate a person who, because of the criminal activity, suffers physical injury or property loss. \u00a0These losses may be proximally caused and are payable to the victim if you have been convicted of a qualifying offense.<\/p>\n<p>Like fines, restitution in federal criminal cases is most often set forth in statutes. Examples of federal crimes where restitution would be ordered include crimes of violence crimes of fraud, and federal crimes involving child exploitation and child pornography. See 18 U.S. Code \u00a7 3663A. In these instances, the court is required to order restitution.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/can-the-government-take-my-home-to-collect-restitution-in-federal-criminal-case\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Can the Government Take My Home to Collect Restitution in Federal Criminal Case?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In most situations the answer is no, but the most complete answer is \u201cit depends.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 First, it is important to know that restitution is different from fines and costs.\u00a0 Fines are defined by statute and meant to be punitive. For example, if you were convicted of prescription fraud under 18 USC \u00a7 841, you could [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,43,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-criminal-penalties","category-federal-criminal-charges","category-sex-crimes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can the Government Take My Home to Collect Restitution in Federal Criminal Case? &#8212; Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog &#8212; April 14, 2021<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In most situations the answer is no, but the most complete answer is \u201cit depends.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 First, it is important to know that restitution is different from &#8212; April 14, 2021\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/can-the-government-take-my-home-to-collect-restitution-in-federal-criminal-case\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Can the Government Take My Home to Collect Restitution in Federal Criminal Case? 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