33 CFR § 70.05-1 - General provisions.

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title: "33 CFR § 70.05-1 - General provisions."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "70.05-1"
section_name: "General provisions."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "AIDS TO NAVIGATION"
part_number: "70"
part_name: "INTERFERENCE WITH OR DAMAGE TO AIDS TO NAVIGATION"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "33 U.S.C. 408, 411, 412; 14 U.S.C. 501, 503, 543, 545, 546."
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# 70.05-1 General provisions.

No person shall take possession of or make use of for any purpose, or build upon, alter, deface, destroy, move, injure, obstruct by fastening vessels thereto or otherwise, or in any manner whatever impair the usefulness of any aid to navigation established and maintained by the United States.