§4144 — Title 50 War and National Defense | U.S. Code

Summary

Limits the fee that a lawyer or agent can get for helping someone file a claim under this law to no more than 10 percent of the award. The Commission can set a smaller percent for certain kinds of claims. Any agreement that tries to set a higher fee is not valid. Anyone in the U.S. or elsewhere who asks for or takes more than the allowed fee can be charged with a misdemeanor and, if convicted, may be fined up to $5,000, jailed up to twelve months, or both.

Title 50, §4144

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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 (or such lesser per centum as may be fixed by the Commission with respect to any class of claims) 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.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 2017m of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

§4144 Fees of Attorneys and Agents

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Title 50, §4144

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