---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 32915"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "32915"
heading: "Appealing civil penalties"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/32915"
units:
  - "Subtitle VI — Motor Vehicle and Driver Programs"
  - "Part C — Information, Standards, and Requirements"
  - "Chapter 329 — Automobile Fuel Economy"
---

# §32915. Appealing civil penalties


Any interested person may appeal a decision of the Secretary of Transportation to impose a civil penalty under [section 32912(a)](/usc/49/32912.md?p=a) or (b) of this title, or of the Federal Trade Commission under [section 32913(b)(1) of this title](/usc/49/32913.md?p=b-1), in the [United States](/usc/49/31301.md?p=15) Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit or in the court of appeals of the [United States](/usc/49/31301.md?p=15) for the circuit in which the person resides or has its principal place of business. A person appealing a decision must file a notice of appeal with the court not later than 30 days after the decision and, at the same time, send a copy of the notice by certified mail to the Secretary or the Commission. The Secretary or the Commission promptly shall file with the court a certified copy of the record of the proceeding in which the decision was made.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1074.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 32915 | 15:2008(c)(1). | Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L. 92–513, 86 Stat. 947, § 508(c)(1); added Dec. 22, 1975, Pub. L. 94–163, § 301, 89 Stat. 914. |

The words “as the case may be” are omitted as surplus. The text of 15:2008(c)(1) (last sentence) is omitted as surplus because 5:ch. 7 applies unless otherwise stated.