Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§1642m Fees of Attorneys; Limitation; Penalty
Title 22 › CHAPTER 21 — SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS › SUBCHAPTER IV — CLAIMS AGAINST CZECHOSLOVAKIA › § 1642m
Summary
Anyone who helps a person with a claim filed with the Commission under this subchapter may not be paid more than 10 percent of the total award paid for that claim. Any deal that tries to charge more is illegal and has no effect. Asking for or taking more than 10 percent, in the United States or anywhere else, is a misdemeanor. On conviction the person can be fined up to $5,000, jailed up to 12 months, or both.
Full Legal Text
Title 22, §1642m
Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
No remuneration on account of services rendered on behalf of any claimant in connection with any claim filed with the Commission under this subchapter shall exceed 10 per centum of the total amount paid pursuant to any award certified under the provisions of this subchapter on account of such claim. Any agreement to the contrary shall be unlawful and void. Whoever, in the United States or elsewhere, demands or receives, on account of services so rendered, any remuneration in excess of the maximum permitted by this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than twelve months, or both.
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22 U.S.C. § 1642m
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102