Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60
§215 Failure to Obey Orders; Punishment
Title 7 › Chapter 9— PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS › Subchapter III— STOCKYARDS AND STOCKYARD DEALERS › § 215
Summary
Stockyard owners, market agencies, or dealers who knowingly disobey orders under sections 211–213 must pay $500 per offense. Each breach, and each day a breach continues, counts as a separate offense. U.S. attorneys, under the Attorney General, must sue to collect the fines; prosecution costs come from the U.S. courts’ expense fund.
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
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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.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 215
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60