Corruption has caused huge losses to the state which could have an impact on the
emergence of crises in various fields. In order to avoid the occurrence of state
financial losses due to corruption, there is a system of asset recovery through
criminal compensation payments. However, asset recovery through this instrument
is still not optimal due to the small amount of compensation paid by the convicted
due to insufficient assets. The purpose of this research is to find out how to recover
state financial losses when the criminal compensation payment is insufficient in the
criminal act of corruption. The type of research used as a method is normative legal
research with secondary data sources consisting of primary legal materials, namely
statutory regulations and secondary legal materials, namely legal opinions from
books, journals, and research results. The result of this research is that asset
recovery can be carried out by the State Attorney Law through civil asset forfeiture
after the verdict inkracht and compensation is insufficient. A lawsuit can be filed
against the convict or his heirs if in court the defendant cannot prove that the
property he obtained was not from a criminal act of corruption.