36 CFR § 2.32 - Interfering with agency functions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t36/s2.32"
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title: "36 CFR § 2.32 - Interfering with agency functions."
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "2.32"
section_name: "Interfering with agency functions."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
part_number: "2"
part_name: "RESOURCE PROTECTION, PUBLIC USE AND RECREATION"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "54 U.S.C. 100101, 100751, 320102."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 30282, June 30, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
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# 2.32 Interfering with agency functions.

(a) The following are prohibited:

(1) *Interference.* Threatening, resisting, intimidating, or intentionally interfering with a government employee or agent engaged in an official duty, or on account of the performance of an official duty.

(2) *Lawful order.* Violating the lawful order of a government employee or agent authorized to maintain order and control public access and movement during fire fighting operations, search and rescue operations, wildlife management operations involving animals that pose a threat to public safety, law enforcement actions, and emergency operations that involve a threat to public safety or park resources, or other activities where the control of public movement and activities is necessary to maintain order and public safety.

(3) *False information.* Knowingly giving a false or fictitious report or other false information: (i) To an authorized person investigating an accident or violation of law or regulation or; (ii) on an application for a permit.

(4) *False Report.* Knowingly giving a false report for the purpose of misleading a government employee or agent in the conduct of official duties, or making a false report that causes a response by the United States to a fictitious event.

(b) The regulations contained in this section apply, regardless of land ownership, on all lands and waters within a park area that are under the legislative jurisdiction of the United States.

[48 FR 30282, June 30, 1983, as amended at 52 FR 35240, Sept. 18, 1987]