---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 202.210"
title: "9"
number: "202.210"
heading: "Stipulations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/202.210"
---

# §202.210. Stipulations.

- (a) The Administrator may enter into a stipulation with any person operating subject to the Packers and Stockyards Act, as amended (P&S Act), prior to issuing a complaint that seeks a civil penalty against that person.
  - (1) The Administrator will give the person notice of an alleged violation of the P&S Act or regulations and provide an opportunity for a hearing;
  - (2) The person has the option to expressly waive the opportunity for a hearing and agree to pay a specified civil penalty within a designated time;
  - (3) The Administrator will agree to settle the matter by accepting payment of the specified civil penalty within a designated time;
  - (4) If the person does not agree to the stipulation, or does not pay the penalty within the specified time, the Administrator may issue an administrative complaint citing the alleged violation; and
  - (5) The civil penalty that the Administrator proposed in a stipulation agreement has no bearing on the civil penalty amount that may be sought in a formal administrative proceeding against the same person for the same alleged violation.
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Source

Source: Sections 202.200 and 202.210 were added at 72 FR 19109, Apr. 17, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 228(a); 7 CFR 2.22 and 2.81.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 30510, July 14, 1978, unless otherwise noted.