50 U.S.C. § 4108 — Fee limitation for representing claimants; penalties
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 826 to r/title-50-WAR-AND-NATIONAL-DEFENSE · 190 words · no verdicts yet
Payment for services connected with a covered claim may not exceed 10 percent of the amount allowed, or a lower agency-set percentage. Excess-payment agreements are void, and violations can bring criminal penalties and loss of the claimant’s rights.
Payment for services already provided or to be provided for a claimant’s covered claim may not exceed 10 percent of the amount the administering agency allows, or a lower percentage the agency sets for a class of claims. An agreement for more is unlawful and void. Anyone anywhere who pays, offers, promises, or receives more than the permitted amount commits a misdemeanor. On conviction, the person may be fined up to $5,000, imprisoned up to 12 months, or both. If an excess payment was made or granted, the administering agency must take necessary steps to recover it, and the claimant forfeits all rights under this subchapter.
No remuneration on account of services rendered or to be rendered to or on behalf of any claimant in connection with any claim filed with the administering agency under this subchapter shall exceed 10 per centum (or such lesser per centum as may be fixed by the administering agency with respect to any class of claims) of the amount allowed by the administering agency on account of such claim. Any agreement to the contrary shall be unlawful and void. Whoever, in the United States or elsewhere, pays or offers to pay, or promises, to pay, or receives, on account of services rendered or to be rendered in connection with any such claim, any remuneration in excess of the maximum permitted by this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than twelve months, or both, and, if any such payment shall have been made or granted, the administering agency shall take such action as may be necessary to recover the same, and, in addition thereto any such claimant shall forfeit all rights under this subchapter.
Source credit: (July 3, 1948, ch. 826, title I, § 10, 62 Stat. 1246; Pub. L. 87–846, title I, § 102, Oct. 22, 1962, 76 Stat. 1107.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of July 3, 1948, ch. 826 · 62 Stat. 1246
- 1962Amended · Pub. L. 87-846 · 76 Stat. 1107
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 826 on 1948-07-03.
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