Title 29 — LaborRelease 119-73

§1452 Penalty for failure to provide notice

Title 29 › Chapter CHAPTER 18— - EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY PROGRAM › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - PLAN TERMINATION INSURANCE › Subtitle Subtitle E— - Special Provisions for Multiemployer Plans › Part part 6— - enforcement › § 1452

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

If someone, without a good reason, does not give a notice required under this subtitle or its rules, they must pay the corporation up to $100 for every day the notice is not given. The corporation can sue that person in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or in any federal district where the plan’s assets are located, where the plan is run, or where the person lives or works. Court papers may be served in any district where the person lives, works, or can be found.

Full Legal Text

Title 29, §1452

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Any person who fails, without reasonable cause, to provide a notice required under this subtitle or any implementing regulations shall be liable to the corporation in an amount up to $100 for each day for which such failure continues. The corporation may bring a civil action against any such person in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or in any district court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which the plan assets are located, the plan is administered, or a defendant resides or does business, and process may be served in any district where a defendant resides, does business, or may be found.

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Citation

29 U.S.C. § 1452

Title 29 — Labor

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73