Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§1643k Fees for Services; Limitation; Penalty
Title 22 › CHAPTER 21 — SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS › SUBCHAPTER V — CLAIMS AGAINST CUBA AND CHINA › § 1643k
Summary
Helping someone file a claim with the Commission may be charged at most 10% of the claim up to $20,000 and 5% of any amount above $20,000. Charging more is illegal and void; violators can be fined up to $5,000, jailed up to 12 months, or both.
Full Legal Text
Title 22, §1643k
Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
No remuneration on account of any 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 so much of the total amount of such claim, as determined under this subchapter, as does not exceed $20,000, plus 5 per centum of so much of such amount, if any, as exceeds $20,000. 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 fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than twelve months, or both.
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22 U.S.C. § 1643k
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102