Title 15Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§715b Interstate transportation of contraband oil forbidden

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 15A— - INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS › § 715b

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

You must not ship contraband oil across state lines. Oil is not treated as contraband if none of it, or the petroleum it came from, was produced, moved, or taken from storage in amounts larger than state laws or state agency rules allow.

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Title 15, §715b

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The shipment or transportation in interstate commerce from any State of contraband oil produced in such State is prohibited. For the purposes of this section contraband oil shall not be deemed to have been produced in a State if none of the petroleum constituting such contraband oil, or from which it was produced or derived, was produced, transported, or withdrawn from storage in excess of the amounts permitted to be produced, transported, or withdrawn from storage under the laws of such State or under any regulation or order prescribed thereunder by any board, commission, officer, or other duly authorized agency of such State.

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15 U.S.C. § 715b

Title 15Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73