The article analyzes the foreign models of execution of punishment in the form of a fine on the example of five countries of the continental system of law - France, Germa-ny, Poland, Spain and Italy, the conditions of appointment and execution of punishment by the parameters of measurement units, type of penalty, mechanisms of respite, extension and replacement of punishment. The criminal legislation of the Russian Federation fully adheres to the principle of differentiation of punishment, as it is provided in the French Criminal code. However, the development and use of recovery of a property fine, as in Germany, will greatly facilitate its collection, since convicts often do not have money, but have property. In this case, the property fine should not be combined with the confiscation of property as a measure under criminal law or a model for the sale of property at auction in accordance with the Federal law “On the enforcement proceedings”. The property penalty should be implemented in accordance with all the peculiarities of the Russian legislation and socio-economic factors.