Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§87d Responsibility for acts of others
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 3— - GRAIN STANDARDS › § 87d
Summary
Make an association, partnership, or corporation answer for anything an officer, agent, or employee does or fails to do while doing their job. The act or failure counts as both the person’s and the organization’s.
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Title 7, §87d
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When construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the act, omission, or failure of any official, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any association, partnership, or corporation within the scope of the employment or office of the official, agent, or other person shall, in every case, also be deemed the act, omission, or failure of such association, partnership, or corporation as well as that of the person.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1993—Pub. L. 103–156, which directed amendment of “section 15” by substituting “the employment or office of the official, agent, or other person” for “his employment or office”, without specifying the name of the Act being amended, was executed to this section, which is section 15 of the United States Grain Standards Act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
For
Effective Date
of section, see section 2 of Pub. L. 90–487, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1968 Amendment note under section 78 of this title.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 87d
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73