36 CFR § 1200.16 - Will I be penalized for misusing the official seals and logos?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t36/s1200.16"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "36 CFR § 1200.16 - Will I be penalized for misusing the official seals and logos?"
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "1200.16"
section_name: "Will I be penalized for misusing the official seals and logos?"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL RULES"
part_number: "1200"
part_name: "OFFICIAL SEALS"
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. 506, 701, and 1017; 44 U.S.C. 2104(e), 2116(b), 2302."
regulatory_source: "67 FR 72101, Dec. 4, 2002, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1200"
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# 1200.16 Will I be penalized for misusing the official seals and logos?
(a) *Seals.* (1) If you falsely make, forge, counterfeit, mutilate, or alter official seals, replicas, reproductions or embossing seals, or knowingly use or possess with fraudulent intent any altered seal, you are subject to penalties under 18 U.S.C. 506.
(2) If you use the official seals, replicas, reproductions, or embossing seals in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this part, you are subject to penalties under 18 U.S.C. 1017 and to other provisions of law as applicable.
(b) *Logos.* If you use the official logos, replicas or reproductions, of logos in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this part, you are subject to penalties under 18 U.S.C. 701.
[69 FR 26051, May 11, 2004]