---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 76.37"
title: "28"
number: "76.37"
heading: "Collection of civil penalties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/76.37"
---

# §76.37. Collection of civil penalties.

- (a) Collection of any penalty shall be the responsibility of the United States Attorney having jurisdiction over the matter.
- (b) The United States Attorney having jurisdiction over the matter may commence a civil action in any appropriate district court of the United States for the purpose of recovering the amount assessed and an amount representing interest at a rate computed in accordance with [28 U.S.C. 1961](/usc/28/1961.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 21 U.S.C. 844a, 875, 876; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510,; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended by Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321.

### Source

Source: Order No. 1462-90, 56 FR 1089, Jan. 11, 1991, unless otherwise noted.