50 U.S.C. § 4144 — Fees of attorneys and agents
submitted 78 years ago by Pub. L. 87-846 to r/title-50-WAR-AND-NATIONAL-DEFENSE · 132 words · no verdicts yet
This section covers Fees of attorneys and agents. It states the specific rules, duties, limits, or procedures set out in the section.
No remuneration on account of services rendered on behalf of any claimant in connection with any claim filed with the Commission under this subchapter must exceed 10 percent (or such lesser percent as may be fixed by the Commission for any class of claims) of the total amount paid under any award certified under the provisions of this subchapter on account of such claim. Any agreement to the contrary must be unlawful and void. Whoever, in the United States or elsewhere, demands or receives, on account of services so rendered, any remuneration in excess of the maximum permitted by this section must be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction of it, must be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than twelve months, or both.
No remuneration on account of services rendered on behalf of any claimant in connection with any claim filed with the Commission under this subchapter shall exceed 10 per centum (or such lesser per centum as may be fixed by the Commission with respect to any class of claims) of the total amount paid pursuant to any award certified under the provisions of this subchapter on account of such claim. Any agreement to the contrary shall be unlawful and void. Whoever, in the United States or elsewhere, demands or receives, on account of services so rendered, any remuneration in excess of the maximum permitted by this section shall be 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.
Source credit: (July 3, 1948, ch. 826, title II, § 214, as added Pub. L. 87–846, title I, § 103, Oct. 22, 1962, 76 Stat. 1112.)
- 1948Enacted · Pub. L. 87-846 · 76 Stat. 1112
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 87-846 on 1948-07-03.
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