7 USC § 254 - Penalties for noncompliance

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s254"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 254 - Penalties for noncompliance"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "254"
section_name: "Penalties for noncompliance"
chapter_number: 10
chapter_name: "WAREHOUSES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. C, § 15, as added Pub. L. 106–472, title II, § 201, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2068.)"
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# § 254. Penalties for noncompliance

If a person fails to comply with any requirement of this chapter (including regulations promulgated under this chapter), the Secretary may assess, on the record after an opportunity for a hearing, a civil penalty—

**(1)** of not more than $25,000 per violation, if an agricultural product is not involved in the violation; or

**(2)** of not more than 100 percent of the value of the agricultural product, if an agricultural product is involved in the violation.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. C, § 15, as added Pub. L. 106–472, title II, § 201, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2068.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 254, , pt. C, § 13, , prohibited discrimination by warehousemen, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by . See .

A prior section 15 of , pt. C, was classified to , prior to the general amendment of this chapter by .