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LegalText 22 U.S.C. § 4209 Exaction of excessive fees generally; penalty of treble amount us united_states_code code_section 22 FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE 52 FOREIGN SERVICE 4209 22 U.S.C. § 4209 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc22@119-100.zip /us/usc/t22/s4209 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-22/usc22.xml 8e7d13781d5d140f43a2c2dd39e102620e86e6f331ff61e9e638c3194f08c0cd b9c63ede722f5e0bf8eabfe9029e06e312ab9bcfd95c4d1424ed515baff1df83 1686e778103d2536ae8021c322ed1aed1b10f16a73276d8eea62141c26068e07 2026-07-04 official
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22 U.S.C. § 4209 - Exaction of excessive fees generally; penalty of treble amount

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Whenever any consular officer collects, or knowingly allows to be collected for any service, any other or greater fees than are allowed by law for such service, he shall, besides his liability to refund the same, be liable to pay to the person by whom or in whose behalf the same are paid, treble the amount of the unlawful charge so collected, as a penalty, to be recovered with costs, in any proper form of action, by such person for his own use. And in any such case the Secretary of the Treasury may retain, out of the compensation of such officer, the amount of such overcharge and of such penalty, and charge the same to such officer in account, and may thereupon refund such unlawful charge, and pay such penalty to the person entitled to the same if he shall think proper so to do.

(R.S. § 1723.)

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Editorial Notes

Codification R.S. § 1723 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 127, § 17, 11 Stat. 58. Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter. Section was formerly classified to section 1189 of this title, and prior thereto to section 92 of this title.