Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-110
§3806 Criminal Penalties
Title 7 › CHAPTER 69 — SWINE HEALTH PROTECTION › § 3806
Summary
Anyone who knowingly breaks a rule in this chapter or the Secretary’s regulations can be charged with a misdemeanor. They can be fined up to $10,000, put in jail for up to one year, or both. If a person refuses to follow a Secretary’s order after the time to appeal or seek higher review has passed, or after the courts have upheld the order, they face the same penalties. Each day the refusal continues is a separate offense.
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;
shall on conviction be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Each day during which such failure continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 3806
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110