25 CFR § 309.26 - What penalties apply?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s309.26"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 309.26 - What penalties apply?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "309.26"
section_name: "What penalties apply?"
chapter_name: "INDIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS BOARD, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
part_number: "309"
part_name: "PROTECTION OF INDIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS PRODUCTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "18 U.S.C. 1159, 25 U.S.C. 305"
regulatory_source: "61 FR 54555, Oct. 21, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "309"
---
# 309.26 What penalties apply?
A person who offers or displays for sale or sells a good, with or without a Government trademark, in a manner that falsely suggests it is Indian produced, an Indian product, or the product of a particular Indian or Indian tribe or Indian arts and crafts organization, resident within the United States:
(a) Is subject to the criminal penalties specified in section 1159, title 18, United States Code; and
(b) Is subject to the civil penalties specified in section 305e, title 25, United States Code.
[61 FR 54555, Oct. 21, 1996. Redesignated at 68 FR 35170, June 12, 2003]