7 USC § 1601 - Enforcement of order

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s1601"
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title: "7 USC § 1601 - Enforcement of order"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "1601"
section_name: "Enforcement of order"
chapter_number: 37
chapter_name: "SEEDS"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title IV, § 411, 53 Stat. 1288; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 32(a), 62 Stat. 991; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 127, 63 Stat. 107; Pub. L. 85–791, § 24(c), Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 949; Pub. L. 98–620, title IV, § 402(7)(B), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3357.)"
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# § 1601. Enforcement of order

section 1599 of this titlesection 2112 of title 28section 1600 of this title

If any person against whom an order is issued under  fails to obey the order, the Secretary of Agriculture, or the United States, by its Attorney General, may apply to the court of appeals of the United States, within the circuit where the person against whom the order was issued resides or has his principal place of business, for the enforcement of the order, and shall file the record in such proceedings, as provided in . Upon such filing of the application the court shall cause notice thereof to be served upon the person against whom the order was issued. The evidence to be considered, the procedure to be followed, and the jurisdiction of the court shall be the same as provided in  for applications to set aside or modify orders.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title IV, § 411, 53 Stat. 1288; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 32(a), 62 Stat. 991; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 127, 63 Stat. 107; Pub. L. 85–791, § 24(c), Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 949; Pub. L. 98–620, title IV, § 402(7)(B), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3357.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1984— struck out second par. which required proceedings in such cases to be made a preferred cause and expedited in every way.

1958— substituted “file the record in such proceedings as provided in ” for “certify and file with its application a full and accurate transcript of the record in such proceedings, including the complaint, the evidence, the report, and the order” in first sentence, and struck out “and transcript” after “application” in second sentence.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Act , as amended by act , as amended by act , substituted “court of appeals” for “circuit court of appeals” wherever appearing in this section.

### Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Amendment by  not applicable to cases pending on , see , set out as an Effective Date note under , Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

### Effective Date

See .