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§1324d Civil penalties for failure to depart
Title 8 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - IMMIGRATION › Part Part VIII— - General Penalty Provisions › § 1324d
Summary
People who have a final order to leave the United States and who on purpose refuse to go, fail to get needed travel papers on time, miss their scheduled removal, or try to stop or delay their own removal can be hit with civil fines. This does not reduce any penalties under section 1253(a) or any other part of this chapter.
Full Legal Text
Title 8, §1324d
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(a)Any alien subject to a final order of removal who—
(1)willfully fails or refuses to—
(A)depart from the United States pursuant to the order,
(B)make timely application in good faith for travel or other documents necessary for departure, or
(C)present for removal at the time and place required by the Attorney General; or
(2)conspires to or takes any action designed to prevent or hamper the alien’s departure pursuant to the order,
(b)Nothing in this section shall be construed to diminish or qualify any penalties to which an alien may be subject for activities proscribed by section 1253(a) of this title or any other section of this chapter.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original, “this Act”, meaning act June 27, 1952, ch. 477, 66 Stat. 163, known as the Immigration and Nationality Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 1101 of this title and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 380(c), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–650, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall apply to actions occurring on or after the title III–A
Effective Date
(as defined in section 309(a) of this division [set out as a note under section 1101 of this title]).” Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and
Transfer of Functions
For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service,
Transfer of Functions
, and treatment of related references, see note set out under section 1551 of this title. References to Order of Removal Deemed To Include Order of Exclusion and DeportationFor purposes of carrying out this chapter, any reference in law to an order of removal is deemed to include a reference to an order of exclusion and deportation or an order of deportation, see section 309(d)(2) of Pub. L. 104–208, set out in an
Effective Date
of 1996
Amendments
note under section 1101 of this title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
8 U.S.C. § 1324d
Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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