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Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102

§1601 Enforcement of Order

Title 7 › CHAPTER 37 — SEEDS › SUBCHAPTER IV — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 1601

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

If someone disobeys an order under section 1599, the Secretary of Agriculture or the United States (by the Attorney General) may ask the U.S. Court of Appeals in the circuit where that person lives or has their main business to enforce the order. They must file the record under section 2112 of title 28. The court will notify the person and will use the same evidence rules, procedures, and authority found in section 1600.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §1601

Agriculture, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

If any person against whom an order is issued under section 1599 of this title fails to obey the order, the Secretary of Agriculture, or the United States, by its Attorney General, may apply to the court of appeals of the United States, within the circuit where the person against whom the order was issued resides or has his principal place of business, for the enforcement of the order, and shall file the record in such proceedings, as provided in section 2112 of title 28. Upon such filing of the application the court shall cause notice thereof to be served upon the person against whom the order was issued. The evidence to be considered, the procedure to be followed, and the jurisdiction of the court shall be the same as provided in section 1600 of this title for applications to set aside or modify orders.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1984—Pub. L. 98–620 struck out second par. which required proceedings in such cases to be made a preferred cause and expedited in every way. 1958—Pub. L. 85–791 substituted “file the record in such proceedings as provided in section 2112 of title 28” for “certify and file with its application a full and accurate transcript of the record in such proceedings, including the complaint, the evidence, the report, and the order” in first sentence, and struck out “and transcript” after “application” in second sentence.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Act
June 25, 1948, as amended by act
May 24, 1948, as amended by act
May 24, 1949, substituted “court of appeals” for “circuit court of appeals” wherever appearing in this section.

Effective Date

of 1984 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 98–620 not applicable to cases pending on Nov. 8, 1984, see section 403 of Pub. L. 98–620, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 1657 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Effective Date

See section 1610 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

7 U.S.C. § 1601

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102