Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-102
§715b Interstate Transportation of Contraband Oil Forbidden
Title 15 › CHAPTER 15A — INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS › § 715b
Summary
You cannot ship or transport oil from one State to another if that oil is contraband produced in the State where it came from. Contraband oil means oil that includes any petroleum which was made, moved, or taken from storage in amounts greater than the State allows under its laws or official orders. If none of the oil in the shipment was produced, moved, or withdrawn beyond those State limits, it is not treated as contraband produced in that State.
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Title 15, §715b
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The shipment or transportation in interstate commerce from any State of contraband oil produced in such State is prohibited. For the purposes of this section contraband oil shall not be deemed to have been produced in a State if none of the petroleum constituting such contraband oil, or from which it was produced or derived, was produced, transported, or withdrawn from storage in excess of the amounts permitted to be produced, transported, or withdrawn from storage under the laws of such State or under any regulation or order prescribed thereunder by any board, commission, officer, or other duly authorized agency of such State.
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15 U.S.C. § 715b
Title 15, Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102