---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 70.10"
title: "9"
number: "70.10"
heading: "Stipulations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/70.10"
---

# §70.10. Stipulations.

- (a) At any time prior to the issuance of a complaint seeking a civil penalty under any of the Acts listed in [§ 70.1](/cfr/9/70.1.md), the Administrator, in his discretion, may enter into a stipulation with any person in which:
  - (1) The Administrator or the Administrator's delegate gives notice of an apparent violation of the Act, or the regulations issued thereunder, by such person and affords such person an opportunity for a hearing regarding the matter as provided by the Act;
  - (2) Such person expressly waives hearing and agrees to pay a specified penalty within a designated time; and
  - (3) The Administrator agrees to accept the penalty in settlement of the particular matter involved if the penalty is paid within the designated time.
- (b) If the penalty is not paid within the time designated in such a stipulation, the amount of the stipulated penalty shall not be relevant in any respect to the penalty which may be assessed after issuance of a complaint.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 8301-8317; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 30094, June 30, 1983, unless otherwise noted.