---
kind: "unit"
title: "47"
title_heading: "Telecommunications"
key: "ch5/schV"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter V"
heading: "Penal Provisions; Forfeitures"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/47/ch5-schV"
sections_count: 11
---

# Subchapter V — Penal Provisions; Forfeitures

Title 47 — Telecommunications › Chapter 5 — Wire or Radio Communication

## Sections

- [§501. General penalty](/usc/47/501.md)
- [§502. Violation of rules, regulations, etc.](/usc/47/502.md)
- [§503. Forfeitures](/usc/47/503.md)
- [§504. Forfeitures](/usc/47/504.md)
- [§505. Venue of trials](/usc/47/505.md)
- [§506. Repealed.](/usc/47/506.md)
- [§507. Violation of Great Lakes Agreement](/usc/47/507.md)
- [§508. Disclosure of payments to individuals connected with broadcasts](/usc/47/508.md)
- [§509. Prohibited practices in contests of knowledge, skill, or chance](/usc/47/509.md)
- [§510. Forfeiture of communications devices](/usc/47/510.md)
- [§511. Enhanced penalties for pirate radio broadcasting; enforcement sweeps; reporting](/usc/47/511.md)