25 CFR § 141.50 - Penalty and forfeiture of merchandise.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s141.50"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 141.50 - Penalty and forfeiture of merchandise."
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "141.50"
section_name: "Penalty and forfeiture of merchandise."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "141"
part_name: "BUSINESS PRACTICES ON THE NAVAJO, HOPI AND ZUNI RESERVATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2 and 9; and Sec. 701, Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 599, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "40 FR 39835, Aug. 29, 1975, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 47 FR 13327, Mar. 30, 1982."
cfr_part: "141"
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# 141.50 Penalty and forfeiture of merchandise.
Any person other than an enrolled member of the tribe who either resides as a reservation business owner within the exterior boundaries of the Navajo, Hopi, or Zuni Reservations or introduces or attempts to introduce goods or to trade therein without a license shall forfeit all merchandise offered for sale to the Indians or found in the person's possession and is liable to a penalty of $1,659. This section may be enforced by commencing an action in the appropriate United States District Court under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. 1345.
[40 FR 39835, Aug. 29, 1975, as amended at 81 FR 42481, June 30, 2016; 82 FR 7652, Jan. 23, 2017; 83 FR 5195, Feb. 6, 2018; 84 FR 15101, Apr. 15, 2019; 85 FR 9369, Feb. 19, 2020; 86 FR 7347, Jan. 28, 2021; 87 FR 13156, Mar. 9, 2022; 88 FR 13021, Mar. 2, 2023; 89 FR 18363, Mar. 13, 2024; 90 FR 23858, June 5, 2025]