{"data":{"id":"us/7-u.s.c.-1596","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 U.S.C. § 1596","heading":"Penalties","body":"(a) Any person who knowingly, or as a result either of gross negligence or of a failure to make a reasonable effort to inform himself of the pertinent facts, violates any provision of this chapter or the rules and regulations made and promulgated thereunder shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of not more than $1,000, for the first offense, and upon conviction for each subsequent offense not more than $2,000. (b) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or the rules and regulations made and promulgated thereunder shall forfeit to the United States a sum, not less than $25 or more than $500, for each such violation, which forfeiture shall be recoverable in a civil suit brought in the name of the United States.","path":["Title 7—AGRICULTURE","CHAPTER 37—SEEDS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc07@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:55:54Z","sha256":"41f4e800d53d19339032b9e5338da64d45d836636f2e9e44569e96fc6a005a44","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/7-u.s.c.-1595","next":"us/7-u.s.c.-1597"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}