# CSA; Violations of 842(a)(5), (10), and (17)—Prohibited acts re: controlled substances — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For CSA; Violations of 842(a)(5), (10), and (17), agency is DOJ; violation is CSA; Violations of 842(a)(5), (10), and (17)—Prohibited acts re: controlled substances; statutory authority is 21 U.S.C. 842(c)(1)(B)(i); maximum penalty is 19,246, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** DOJ _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** CSA; Violations of 842(a)(5), (10), and (17)—Prohibited acts re: controlled substances _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 21 U.S.C. 842(c)(1)(B)(i) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 19,246 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/21/842> 21 U.S.C. 842(c)(1)(B)(i) | CSA; Violations of 842(a)(5), (10), and (17)—Prohibited acts re: controlled substances | | 18,759 | 19,246

## 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/).