15 USC § 2070 - Criminal penalties

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s2070"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 2070 - Criminal penalties"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "2070"
section_name: "Criminal penalties"
chapter_number: 47
chapter_name: "CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 92–573, § 21, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1225; Pub. L. 110–314, title II, § 217(c)(1), (2), (d), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3060.)"
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# § 2070. Criminal penalties

**(a)** Violation of section 2068 of this title is punishable by—

**(1)** imprisonment for not more than 5 years for a knowing and willful violation of that section;

**(2)** a fine determined under section 3571 of title 18; or

**(3)** both.

**(b)** Any individual director, officer, or agent of a corporation who knowingly and willfully authorizes, orders, or performs any of the acts or practices constituting in whole or in part a violation of section 2068 of this title shall be subject to penalties under this section without regard to any penalties to which that corporation may be subject under subsection (a).

**(c)**

**(1)** In addition to the penalties provided by subsection (a), the penalty for a criminal violation of this chapter or any other Act enforced by the Commission may include the forfeiture of assets associated with the violation.

**(2)** In this subsection, the term “criminal violation” means a violation of this chapter or any other Act enforced by the Commission for which the violator is sentenced to pay a fine, be imprisoned, or both.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 92–573, § 21, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1225; Pub. L. 110–314, title II, § 217(c)(1), (2), (d), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3060.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2008—Subsec. (a). , amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “Any person who knowingly and willfully violates  after having received notice of noncompliance from the Commission shall be fined not more than $50,000 or be imprisoned not more than one year, or both.”

Subsec. (b). , struck out “, and who has knowledge of notice of noncompliance received by the corporation from the Commission,” after “”.

Subsec. (c). , added subsec. (c).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on the sixtieth day following , see , set out as a note under .