---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 1477"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "1477"
heading: "Enforcement by State Attorneys General"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/1477"
units:
  - "Chapter 39A — Special Packaging of Household Substances for Protection of Children"
---

# §1477. Enforcement by State Attorneys General


The attorney general of a [State](/usc/15/15g.md?p=2), or other authorized [State](/usc/15/15g.md?p=2) officer, alleging a violation of a standard or rule promulgated under [section 1472 of this title](/usc/15/1472.md) that affects or may affect such [State](/usc/15/15g.md?p=2) or its residents, may bring an action on behalf of the residents of the [State](/usc/15/15g.md?p=2) in any United States district court for the district in which the defendant is found or transacts business to obtain appropriate injunctive relief. The procedural requirements of [section 2073(b) of this title](/usc/15/2073.md?p=b) shall apply to any such action.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 91–601, § 9, as added Pub. L. 110–314, title II, § 218(b)(1), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3062.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 9 of Pub. L. 91–601 was renumbered section 8 and is set out as a note under section 1471 of this title.