# Child Safety Lock Act; Secure gun storage or safety device, violation — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Child Safety Lock Act; Secure gun storage or safety device, violation, agency is DOJ; statutory authority is 18 U.S.C. 924(p); maximum penalty is 3,961, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** DOJ _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Child Safety Lock Act; Secure gun storage or safety device, violation _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 18 U.S.C. 924(p) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 3,961 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/18/924> 18 U.S.C. 924(p) | Child Safety Lock Act; Secure gun storage or safety device, violation | | 3,861 | 3,961

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-28/chapter-I/part-85/section-85.5

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-02-26.
Part of [Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies](https://referencesource.org/federal-civil-penalty-maximums/).