---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 4813"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "4813"
heading: "Refunds"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/4813"
units:
  - "Chapter 79 — Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information"
---

# §4813. Refunds

- (a) **Demand for refund; persons eligible—** Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, prior to the approval of the continuation of an [order](/usc/7/4802.md?p=6) pursuant to the referendum required under [section 4811(a) of this title](/usc/7/4811.md?p=a), any [person](/usc/7/4802.md?p=7) shall have the right to demand and receive from the [Board](/usc/7/4802.md?p=1) a refund of an assessment collected under [section 4809 of this title](/usc/7/4809.md) if such [person](/usc/7/4802.md?p=7)—
  - (1) is responsible for paying such assessment; and
  - (2) does not support the program established under this chapter.
- (b) **Form and time within which demand to be made—** Such demand shall be made in accordance with regulations, on a form, and within a time period prescribed by the [Board](/usc/7/4802.md?p=1) and approved by the [Secretary](/usc/7/4802.md?p=14), but not later than 30 days after the end of the month in which the assessment was paid.
- (c) **Payment of refund on submission of satisfactory proof—** Such refund shall be made not later than 30 days after demand is received therefore[^1] on submission of proof satisfactory to the [Board](/usc/7/4802.md?p=1) that the [producer](/usc/7/4802.md?p=11), [person](/usc/7/4802.md?p=7), or [importer](/usc/7/4802.md?p=5)—
  - (1) paid the assessment for which refund is sought; and
  - (2) did not collect such assessment from another [producer](/usc/7/4802.md?p=11), [person](/usc/7/4802.md?p=7), or [importer](/usc/7/4802.md?p=5).

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should be “therefor”.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 99–198, title XVI, § 1624, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1619.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Jan. 1, 1986, see section 1631 of Pub. L. 99–198, set out as a note under section 4801 of this title.