7 CFR § 981.85 - Personal liability.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s981.85"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 981.85 - Personal liability."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "981.85"
section_name: "Personal liability."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "981"
part_name: "ALMONDS GROWN IN CALIFORNIA"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 601-674."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 11372, July 16, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "981"
---
# 981.85 Personal liability.
No member or alternate member of the Board, or any employee or agent thereof, shall be held personally responsible, either individually or jointly with others, in any way whatsoever, to any handler or any other person for errors in judgment, mistakes, or other acts either of commission or omission, as such member, alternate member, agent, or employee, except for acts of dishonesty.