---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 C.F.R. § 111.24"
title: "11"
number: "111.24"
heading: "Civil Penalties (52 U.S.C. 30109(a)(5), (6), (12), 28 U.S.C. 2461 nt.)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/11/111.24"
---

# §111.24. Civil Penalties (52 U.S.C. 30109(a)(5), (6), (12), 28 U.S.C. 2461 nt.).

- (a) Except as provided in [11 CFR part 111](/cfr/11/part111.md), [subpart B](/cfr/11/subpartB.md) and in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, a civil penalty negotiated by the Commission or imposed by a court for a violation of the Act or chapters 95 or 96 of title 26 (26 U.S.C.) shall be as follows:
  - (1) Except as provided in [paragraph (a)(2)](#a-2) of this section, in the case of a violation of the Act or chapters 95 or 96 of title 26 (26 U.S.C.), the civil penalty shall not exceed the greater of $24,885 or an amount equal to any contribution or expenditure involved in the violation.
  - (2) **Knowing and willful violations.**
    - (i) In the case of a knowing and willful violation of the Act or chapters 95 or 96 of title 26 (26 U.S.C.), the civil penalty shall not exceed the greater of $53,088 or an amount equal to 200% of any contribution or expenditure involved in the violation.
    - (ii) Notwithstanding [paragraph (a)(2)(i)](#a-2-i) of this section, in the case of a knowing and willful violation of [52 U.S.C. 30122](/usc/52/30122.md),the civil penalty shall not be less than 300% of the amount of any contribution involved in the violation and shall not exceed the greater of $84,852 or 1,000% of the amount of any contribution involved in the violation.
- (b) Any Commission member or employee, or any other person, who in violation of [52 U.S.C. 30109(a)(12)(A)](/usc/52/30109.md?p=a-12-A) makes public any notification or investigation under [52 U.S.C. 30109](/usc/52/30109.md) without receiving the written consent of the person receiving such notification, or the person with respect to whom such investigation is made, shall be fined not more than $7,455. Any such member, employee, or other person who knowingly and willfully violates this provision shall be fined not more than $18,610.

## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 11317, Mar. 12, 1997; 62 FR 18167, Apr. 14, 1997; 65 FR 31794, May 19, 2000; 67 FR 76977, Dec. 13, 2002; 70 FR 34635, June 15, 2005; 74 FR 31347, July 1, 2009; 78 FR 44420, July 24, 2013; 79 FR 77848, Dec. 29, 2014; 81 FR 41199, June 24, 2016; 82 FR 8987, Feb. 2, 2017; 82 FR 61141, Dec. 27, 2017; 83 FR 66597, Dec. 27, 2018; 85 FR 47892, Aug. 7, 2020; 86 FR 1739, Jan. 11, 2021; 86 FR 73640, Dec. 28, 2021; 87 FR 80021, Dec. 29, 2022; 89 FR 698, Jan. 5, 2024; 90 FR 212, Jan. 3, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 52 U.S.C. 30102(i), 30109, 30107(a), 30111(a)(8); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 31 U.S.C. 3701, 3711, 3716-3719, and 3720A, as amended; 31 CFR parts 285 and 900-904.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 15120, Mar. 7, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[62 FR 11317, Mar. 12, 1997; 62 FR 18167, Apr. 14, 1997; 65 FR 31794, May 19, 2000; 67 FR 76977, Dec. 13, 2002; 70 FR 34635, June 15, 2005; 74 FR 31347, July 1, 2009; 78 FR 44420, July 24, 2013; 79 FR 77848, Dec. 29, 2014; 81 FR 41199, June 24, 2016; 82 FR 8987, Feb. 2, 2017; 82 FR 61141, Dec. 27, 2017; 83 FR 66597, Dec. 27, 2018; 85 FR 47892, Aug. 7, 2020; 86 FR 1739, Jan. 11, 2021; 86 FR 73640, Dec. 28, 2021; 87 FR 80021, Dec. 29, 2022; 89 FR 698, Jan. 5, 2024; 90 FR 212, Jan. 3, 2025]