What are additional mandatory conditions that only certain people on federal probation have to follow?

The following are mandatory conditions that apply to ONLY CERTAIN people on Federal Probation, depending on your commitment offense.

> MANDATORY CONDITIONS if you were convicted of a felony:

You must also follow at least one of the following two conditions, as ordered by the judge:

    Pay restitution to a victim of the offense,[919] OR
    Perform community service.[920]

EXCEPTIONS: You do not have to obey one of these two additional conditions if one of the following applies to you:

    The judge imposed a fine that removed this requirement; OR
    The judge finds on the record that extraordinary circumstances exist that would make such a condition plainly unreasonable, in which case the judge must impose one or more of the other discretionary conditions.[921]

> MANDATORY CONDITION if you are required to register as a sex offender:[922]

You must comply with all the requirements of the Sex Offender Registration & Notification Act.[923]

  1. 919

    18 U.S.C. § 3563(b)(2) (You must make restitution to a victim of the offense under section 3556 (but not subject to the limitation of section 3663(a) or 3663A(c)(1)(A))).

  2. 920

    18 U.S.C. § 3563(b)(12).

  3. 921

    18 U.S.C. § 3563(a)(2).

  4. 922

    42 U.S.C. § 16911, et seq.

  5. 923

    18 U.S.C. § 2250.