50 USC § 4041 - Enforcement by the Attorney General

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identifier: "/us/usc/t50/s4041"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "50 USC § 4041 - Enforcement by the Attorney General"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "4041"
section_name: "Enforcement by the Attorney General"
chapter_number: 50
chapter_name: "SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL LIABILITY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title VIII, § 801, as added Pub. L. 111–275, title III, § 303(a), Oct. 13, 2010, 124 Stat. 2877.)"
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# § 4041. Enforcement by the Attorney General

**(a)** **Civil action** The Attorney General may commence a civil action in any appropriate district court of the United States against any person who—

**(1)** engages in a pattern or practice of violating this chapter; or

**(2)** engages in a violation of this chapter that raises an issue of significant public importance.

**(b)** **Relief** In a civil action commenced under subsection (a), the court may—

**(1)** grant any appropriate equitable or declaratory relief with respect to the violation of this chapter;

**(2)** award all other appropriate relief, including monetary damages, to any person aggrieved by the violation; and

**(3)** may, to vindicate the public interest, assess a civil penalty—

**(A)** in an amount not exceeding $55,000 for a first violation; and

**(B)** in an amount not exceeding $110,000 for any subsequent violation.

**(c)** **Intervention** section 4042 of this title

Upon timely application, a person aggrieved by a violation of this chapter with respect to which the civil action is commenced may intervene in such action, and may obtain such appropriate relief as the person could obtain in a civil action under  with respect to that violation, along with costs and a reasonable attorney fee.

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**Source Credit**: (Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title VIII, § 801, as added Pub. L. 111–275, title III, § 303(a), Oct. 13, 2010, 124 Stat. 2877.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 597 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.