26 USC § 5687 - Penalty for offenses not specifically covered

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identifier: "/us/usc/t26/s5687"
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title: "26 USC § 5687 - Penalty for offenses not specifically covered"
title_number: 26
title_name: "INTERNAL REVENUE CODE"
section_number: "5687"
section_name: "Penalty for offenses not specifically covered"
chapter_number: 51
chapter_name: "DISTILLED SPIRITS, WINES, AND BEER"
subchapter_number: "J"
subchapter_name: "Penalties, Seizures, and Forfeitures Relating to Liquors"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "PENALTY, SEIZURE, AND FORFEITURE PROVISIONS COMMON TO LIQUORS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 85–859, title II, § 201, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1412.)"
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# § 5687. Penalty for offenses not specifically covered

Whoever violates any provision of this chapter or regulations issued pursuant thereto, for which a specific criminal penalty is not prescribed by this chapter, shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both, for each such offense.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 85–859, title II, § 201, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1412.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 5687, , , consisted of provisions similar to those comprising this section, prior to the general revision of this chapter by .

Prior section 5687 also related to forfeitures applicable to distillers, rectifiers, and wholesale liquor dealers for offenses not specifically covered. See sections 7301 and 7302 of this title.

Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in prior sections 5602, 5608(c), 5612 to 5619, 5627, 5628, 5630, 5631, 5643, 5684(a) and 5686(a), , , 685, 686, 689, 692, 693, 699, 700, prior to the general revision of this chapter by .