{"data":{"id":"us/49-u.s.c.-21304","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 U.S.C. § 21304","heading":"Willfulness requirement for penalties against individuals","body":"A civil penalty under this subchapter may be imposed against an individual only for a willful violation. An individual is deemed not to have committed a willful violation if the individual was following the direct order of a railroad carrier official or supervisor under protest communicated to the official or supervisor. The individual is entitled to document the protest.","path":["Title 49—TRANSPORTATION","CHAPTER 213—PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc49@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:01:06Z","sha256":"6c667a457a38f8997a6c01dd08ed05a85a4034b9ff4fc007d7612985f33e3651","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-u.s.c.-21303","next":"us/49-u.s.c.-21311"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}