7 CFR § 984.84 - Personal liability.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s984.84"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 984.84 - Personal liability."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "984.84"
section_name: "Personal liability."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "984"
part_name: "WALNUTS GROWN IN CALIFORNIA"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 601-674."
cfr_part: "984"
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# 984.84 Personal liability.
No member or alternate of the Board, nor 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 person for errors in judgment, mistakes, or other acts either of commission or omission, as such member, alternate employee or agent, except for acts of dishonesty.
[39 FR 35332, Oct. 1, 1974, as amended at 41 FR 31545, July 29, 1976]