{"data":{"id":"us/28-u.s.c.-1918","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"28 U.S.C. § 1918","heading":"District courts; fines, forfeitures and criminal proceedings","body":"(a) Costs shall be included in any judgment, order, or decree rendered against any person for the violation of an Act of Congress in which a civil fine or forfeiture of property is provided for. (b) Whenever any conviction for any offense not capital is obtained in a district court, the court may order that the defendant pay the costs of prosecution.","path":["Title 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 123—FEES AND COSTS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc28@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:58:31Z","sha256":"35844f7b550e7ee8f45e5ce334f33de7f8ffdd394a78f743bff8515c1d734ef9","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/28-u.s.c.-1917","next":"us/28-u.s.c.-1919"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}