Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§1642m Fees of attorneys; limitation; penalty
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 21— - SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - CLAIMS AGAINST CZECHOSLOVAKIA › § 1642m
Summary
No one may get more than 10% of the money paid from an award for helping someone with a claim filed with the Commission. Any deal that tries to allow a larger fee is illegal and has no effect. If someone demands or takes more than 10%, they can be charged with a misdemeanor and, if convicted, fined up to $5,000, jailed up to twelve months, or both.
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Title 22, §1642m
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No remuneration on account of services rendered on behalf of any claimant in connection with any claim filed with the Commission under this subchapter shall exceed 10 per centum of the total amount paid pursuant to any award certified under the provisions of this subchapter on account of such claim. Any agreement to the contrary shall be unlawful and void. Whoever, in the United States or elsewhere, demands or receives, on account of services so rendered, any remuneration in excess of the maximum permitted by this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than twelve months, or both.
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22 U.S.C. § 1642m
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73