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7 U.S.C. § 499e

Liability to persons injured

United States · Title 7 — AGRICULTURE · Status: effective

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7 U.S.C. § 499e, Liability to persons injured, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/428972
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If any commission merchant, dealer, or broker violates any provision of section 499b of this title he shall be liable to the person or persons injured thereby for the full amount of damages (including any handling fee paid by the injured person or persons under section 499f(a)(2) of this title) sustained in consequence of such violation. Such liability may be enforced either (1) by complaint to the Secretary as hereinafter provided, or (2) by suit in any court of competent jurisdiction; but this section shall not in any way abridge or alter the remedies now existing at common law or by statute, and the provisions of this chapter are in addition to such remedies.

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 98-273(H.R. 3867)1984-05-07
    A bill to amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, by impressing a trust on the commodities and sales proceeds of perishable agricultural commodities for the benefit of the unpaid seller, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 102-237(H.R. 3029)1991-12-13
    Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act Amendments of 1991
    House: 417–5Senate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 104-48(H.R. 1103)1995-11-15
    Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Amendments of 1995
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally