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Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102

§215 Failure to Obey Orders; Punishment

Title 7 › CHAPTER 9 — PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS › SUBCHAPTER III — STOCKYARDS AND STOCKYARD DEALERS › § 215

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Stockyard owners, market agencies, or dealers who knowingly disobey orders under sections 211, 212, or 213 must pay $500 to the United States for each offense. Each separate violation is a separate offense, and each day a violation continues counts as another. The United States may sue in civil court to collect the money. U.S. attorneys, under the direction of the Attorney General, must bring those cases. The costs of those prosecutions are paid from the federal funds set aside to run the United States courts.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §215

Agriculture, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Any stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer who knowingly fails to obey any order made under the provisions of section 211, 212, or 213 of this title shall forfeit to the United States the sum of $500 for each offense. Each distinct violation shall be a separate offense, and in case of a continuing violation each day shall be deemed a separate offense. Such forfeiture shall be recoverable in a civil suit in the name of the United States.
(b)It shall be the duty of the various United States attorneys, under the direction of the Attorney General, to prosecute for the recovery of forfeitures. The costs and expense of such prosecution shall be paid out of the appropriation for the expenses of the courts of the United States.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Act June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, substituted “United States attorneys” for “district attorneys” in subsec. (a). See section 541 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, and

Historical and Revision Notes

thereunder.

Reference

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 215

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102