Title 15Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§1007 Penalties

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 19— - MISCELLANEOUS › § 1007

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Anyone who knowingly gets or tries to get a toll exemption they are not entitled to, or who knowingly signs or gives a false authorization saying someone has that exemption, commits a misdemeanor. It covers the toll-exemption rules in sections 1005–1007 and the authorization mentioned in section 1006. If convicted, the person can be fined not more than $100, imprisoned for not more than ten days, or both.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §1007

Commerce and Trade — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Whoever secures or attempts to secure the exemption from toll provided for in sections 1005 to 1007 of this title or an authorization referred to in section 1006 of this title, knowing that he is not entitled thereto, and whoever signs or issues any such authorization certifying to such right of exemption, knowing that such right does not exist, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100 or by imprisonment for not more than ten days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 1007

Title 15Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73