29 USC § 1844 - Compliance with written agreements

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identifier: "/us/usc/t29/s1844"
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title: "29 USC § 1844 - Compliance with written agreements"
title_number: 29
title_name: "LABOR"
section_number: "1844"
section_name: "Compliance with written agreements"
chapter_number: 20
chapter_name: "MIGRANT AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTION"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "FURTHER PROTECTIONS FOR MIGRANT AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKERS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–470, title IV, § 404, Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2596.)"
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# § 1844. Compliance with written agreements

**(a)** **Applicability to contracting activity or worker protection** No farm labor contractor shall violate, without justification, the terms of any written agreements made with an agricultural employer or an agricultural association pertaining to any contracting activity or worker protection under this chapter.

**(b)** **Statutory liability** Written agreements under this section do not relieve a person of any responsibility that such person would otherwise have under this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–470, title IV, § 404, Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2596.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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