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Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102

§1365 Institution of Proceeding for Court Review of Committee Findings

Title 7 › CHAPTER 35 — AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1938 › SUBCHAPTER II — LOANS, PARITY PAYMENTS, CONSUMER SAFEGUARDS, MARKETING QUOTAS, AND MARKETING CERTIFICATES › Part C — Administrative Provisions › subpart i — publication and review of quotas › § 1365

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

If a farmer disagrees with the review committee’s decision, he must file a lawsuit within 15 days after the decision is mailed to him by registered or certified mail. He can sue in U.S. district court naming the committee, or in a state court where his farm is. The court will require a bond, with a guarantor the court accepts, to protect the United States’ court costs. The farmer can serve the complaint by giving a copy to any committee member. Then the committee must file a certified copy of the record and its findings with the court.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §1365

Agriculture, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

If the farmer is dissatisfied with the determination of the review committee, he may, within fifteen days after a notice of such determination is mailed to him by registered mail or by certified mail, file a bill in equity against the review committee as defendant in the United States district court, or institute proceedings for review in any court of record of the State having general jurisdiction, sitting in the county or the district in which his farm is located, for the purpose of obtaining a review of such determination. Bond shall be given in an amount and with surety satisfactory to the court to secure the United States for the costs of the proceeding. The bill of complaint in such proceeding may be served by delivering a copy thereof to any one of the members of the review committee. Thereupon the review committee shall certify and file in the court a transcript of the record upon which the determination complained of was made, together with its findings of fact.

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Amendments

1960—Pub. L. 86–507 inserted “or by certified mail” after “registered mail”.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 1365

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102