Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§3806 Criminal penalties
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 69— - SWINE HEALTH PROTECTION › § 3806
Summary
Anyone who on purpose breaks any rule in this chapter or the Secretary’s regulations can be charged with a misdemeanor. They can be fined up to $10,000, jailed for up to one year, or both. Not obeying an order from the Secretary under section 3804 is a crime once the order is final — for example, after the deadline to ask the court of appeals or to ask the Supreme Court for review has passed with no filing, or after the courts have upheld the order under section 3804(b).
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §3806
Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)Whoever willfully violates any provision of this chapter or the regulations of the Secretary issued hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(b)Any person who fails to obey any order of the Secretary issued under the provisions of section 3804 of this title, or such order as modified—
(1)after the expiration of the time allowed for filing a petition in the court of appeals to review such order, if no such petition has been filed within such time; or
(2)after the expiration of the time allowed for applying for a writ of certiorari, if such order, or such order as modified, has been sustained by the court of appeals and no such writ has been applied for within such time; or
(3)after such order, or such order as modified, has been sustained by the courts as provided in section 3804(b) of this title;
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 3806
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73