# IRCA; Document fraud, first order—for violations described in U.S.C. 1324c(a)(5)-(6) (per document) — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For IRCA; Document fraud, first order, agency is DOJ; violation is IRCA; Document fraud, first order—for violations described in U.S.C. 1324c(a)(5)-(6) (per document); statutory authority is 8 U.S.C. 1324c(d)(3)(A); maximum penalty is 3,988; minimum penalty is 500,, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** DOJ _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** IRCA; Document fraud, first order—for violations described in U.S.C. 1324c(a)(5)-(6) (per document) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 8 U.S.C. 1324c(d)(3)(A) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 3,988 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Minimum penalty:** 500, _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/8/1324c> 8 U.S.C. 1324c(d)(3)(A) | IRCA; Document fraud, first order—for violations described in U.S.C. 1324c(a)(5)-(6) (per document) | <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-28/section-68.52#p-68.52(e)(1)(ii)> 28 CFR 68.52(e)(1)(ii) | Min 487, Max 3,887 | Min 500, Max 3,988

## 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/).