Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 70 — Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards
§ 5410. Civil and criminal penalties
Statutory text
Whoever violates any provision of section 5409 of this title, or any regulation or final order issued thereunder, shall be liable to the United States for a civil penalty of not to exceed $1,000 for each such violation. Each violation of a provision of section 5409 of this title, or any regulation or order issued thereunder shall constitute, a separate violation with respect to each manufactured home or with respect to each failure or refusal to allow or perform an act required thereby, except that the maximum civil penalty may not exceed $1,000,000 for any related series of violations occurring within one year from the date of the first violation.
An individual or a director, officer, or agent of a corporation who knowingly and willfully violates section 5409 of this title in a manner which threatens the health or safety of any purchaser shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974
Pub. L. 93–383 title VI § 611 · 88 Stat. 634
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 5410
Pub. L. 93–383, title VI, § 611, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 705
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 93–383, title VI, § 611, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 705Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 611. civil and criminal penalty (a) Whoever violates any provision of section 610, or any 42 USC 5410. regulation or final order issued thereunder, shall be liable to the United States for a civil penalty of not to exceed $1,000 for each such violation. Each violation of a provision of section 610, or any regulation or order issued thereunder shall constitute, a separate violation with respect to each mobile home or with respect to each failure or refusal to allow or perform an act required thereby, except that the maximum civil penalty may not exceed $1,000,000 for any related series of violations occurring within one year from the date of the first violation. (b) An individual or a director, officer, or agent of a corporation who knowingly and willfully violates section 610 in a manner which threatens the health or safety of any purchaser shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.Housing and Community Development Act of 1980
Pub. L. 96–399 title III § 308(c)(4) · 94 Stat. 1614
Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 5410(a)
Pub. L. 96–399 substituted “manufactured home” for “mobile home”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–399 substituted “manufactured home” for “mobile home”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(4) Title VI of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 is amended by striking out “Mobile Home” each place it 42 USC 5401. appears, other than in section 601, and inserting in lieu thereof “Manufactured Home” and by striking out “mobile home” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “manufactured home”.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1980—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–399 substituted “manufactured home” for “mobile home”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective upon the expiration of 180 days following , see section 627 of Pub. L. 93–383, set out as a note under section 5401 of this title.
Credits
1974–1980 · 2 acts
- 1974Pub. L. 93–383, title VI, § 611, , 88 Stat. 705
- 1980Pub. L. 96–399, title III, § 308(c)(4), , 94 Stat. 1641.
Show as published
(Pub. L. 93–383, title VI, § 611, , 88 Stat. 705; Pub. L. 96–399, title III, § 308(c)(4), , 94 Stat. 1641.)