---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 U.S.C. § 4041"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
number: "4041"
heading: "Enforcement by the Attorney General"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/4041"
units:
  - "Chapter 50 — Servicemembers Civil Relief"
  - "Subchapter VIII — Civil Liability"
---

# §4041. Enforcement by the Attorney General

- (a) **Civil action—** The Attorney General may commence a civil action in any appropriate district [court](/usc/50/3911.md?p=5) of the United States against any person who—
  - (1) engages in a pattern or practice of violating this chapter; or
  - (2) engages in a violation of this chapter that raises an issue of significant public importance.
- (b) **Relief—** In a civil action commenced under [subsection (a)](#a), the [court](/usc/50/3911.md?p=5) may—
  - (1) grant any appropriate equitable or declaratory relief with respect to the violation of this chapter;
  - (2) award all other appropriate relief, including monetary damages, to any person aggrieved by the violation; and
  - (3) may, to vindicate the public interest, assess a civil penalty—
    - (A) in an amount not exceeding $55,000 for a first violation; and
    - (B) in an amount not exceeding $110,000 for any subsequent violation.
- (c) **Intervention—** Upon timely application, a person aggrieved by a violation of this chapter with respect to which the civil action is commenced may intervene in such action, and may obtain such appropriate relief as the person could obtain in a civil action under [section 4042 of this title](/usc/50/4042.md) with respect to that violation, along with costs and a reasonable attorney fee.

## Source credit

(Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title VIII, § 801, as added Pub. L. 111–275, title III, § 303(a), Oct. 13, 2010, 124 Stat. 2877.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 597 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.