Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60

§3806 Criminal Penalties

Title 7 › Chapter 69— SWINE HEALTH PROTECTION › § 3806

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

If someone knowingly breaks any rule in this part or the Secretary’s regulations, they can be charged with a misdemeanor and may be fined up to $10,000, jailed up to one year, or both. If a person disobeys an order from the Secretary under section 3804 after the deadline to ask the court of appeals for review has passed (and no appeal was filed), after the deadline to ask for Supreme Court review has passed (and no petition was filed), or after the courts have upheld the order as described in section 3804(b), they are violating the law.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §3806

Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Whoever willfully violates any provision of this chapter or the regulations of the Secretary issued hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

(b)Any person who fails to obey any order of the Secretary issued under the provisions of section 3804 of this title, or such order as modified—

(1)after the expiration of the time allowed for filing a petition in the court of appeals to review such order, if no such petition has been filed within such time; or

(2)after the expiration of the time allowed for applying for a writ of certiorari, if such order, or such order as modified, has been sustained by the court of appeals and no such writ has been applied for within such time; or

(3)after such order, or such order as modified, has been sustained by the courts as provided in section 3804(b) of this title;

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 3806

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60