25 CFR § 247.6 - What will happen if I damage Government-owned property?

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title: "25 CFR § 247.6 - What will happen if I damage Government-owned property?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "247.6"
section_name: "What will happen if I damage Government-owned property?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "J"
subchapter_name: "FISH AND WILDLIFE"
part_number: "247"
part_name: "USE OF COLUMBIA RIVER TREATY FISHING ACCESS SITES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "25 U.S.C. 2 and 9; Pub. L. 100-581, Title IV."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 50868, Sept. 29, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
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# 247.6 What will happen if I damage Government-owned property?

If you commit any act of vandalism, depredation, destruction, theft, or misuse of the land, buildings, fences, signs, or other structures that are the property of the United States you will be subject to prosecution under applicable Federal or State law.