---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 586"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "586"
heading: "Refusal of certificates for violations of laws; penalties for violations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/586"
units:
  - "Chapter 25 — Export Standards for Apples"
---

# §586. Refusal of certificates for violations of laws; penalties for violations


After opportunity for hearing the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) is authorized to refuse the issuance of certificates under this chapter for periods not exceeding ninety days to any [person](/usc/7/589.md?p=1) who ships or offers for shipment any [apples](/usc/7/589.md?p=4) in [foreign commerce](/usc/7/589.md?p=3) in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. Any [person](/usc/7/589.md?p=1) or any common carrier or any transportation agency knowingly violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $10,000 by a court of competent jurisdiction.


## Source credit

(June 10, 1933, ch. 59, § 6, 48 Stat. 124; Pub. L. 106–96, § 1(c)(1), Nov. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1321.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1999—Pub. L. 106–96 struck out “and/or pears” after “any apples”.