Title 29, LaborRelease 119-110

§439 Violations and Penalties

Title 29 › CHAPTER 11 — LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE PROCEDURE › SUBCHAPTER III — REPORTING BY LABOR ORGANIZATIONS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF LABOR ORGANIZATIONS, AND EMPLOYERS › § 439

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

People who willfully break the rules in this part can be fined up to $10,000, jailed for up to one year, or both. That includes knowingly making false statements or hiding important facts in any report, document, or information that must be filed. It also covers knowingly making false entries in, hiding, withholding, or destroying required books, records, reports, or statements. People who must sign reports under sections 431 and 433 are personally responsible for filing them and for any false statement in them that they know is false.

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Title 29, §439

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(a)Willful violations of provisions of subchapter

Any person who willfully violates this subchapter shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

(b)False statements or representations of fact with knowledge of falsehood

Any person who makes a false statement or representation of a material fact, knowing it to be false, or who knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, in any document, report, or other information required under the provisions of this subchapter shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

(c)False entry in or willful concealment, etc., of books and records

Any person who willfully makes a false entry in or willfully conceals, withholds, or destroys any books, records, reports, or statements required to be kept by any provision of this subchapter shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

(d)Personal responsibility of individuals required to sign reports

Each individual required to sign reports under section 431 and 433 of this title shall be personally responsible for the filing of such reports and for any statement contained therein which he knows to be false.

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Citation

29 U.S.C. § 439

Title 29, Labor

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110