43 CFR § 2933.33 - Prohibited acts and penalties.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s2933.33"
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title: "43 CFR § 2933.33 - Prohibited acts and penalties."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "2933.33"
section_name: "Prohibited acts and penalties."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "LAND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (2000)"
part_number: "2930"
part_name: "PERMITS FOR RECREATION ON PUBLIC LANDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "43 U.S.C. 1740; 16 U.S.C. 6802."
regulatory_source: "67 FR 61740, Oct. 1, 2002, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "2930"
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# 2933.33 Prohibited acts and penalties.

(a) *Prohibited acts.* You must not—

(1) Fail to obtain a use permit or pay any fees required by this subpart;

(2) Violate the stipulations or conditions of a permit issued under this subpart;

(3) Fail to pay any fees within the time specified;

(4) Fail to display any required proof of payment of fees;

(5) Willfully and knowingly possess, use, publish as true, or sell to another, any forged, counterfeited, or altered document or instrument used as proof of or exemption from fee payment;

(6) Willfully and knowingly use any document or instrument used as proof of or exemption from fee payment, that the BLM issued to or intended another to use; or

(7) Falsely represent yourself to be a person to whom the BLM has issued a document or instrument used as proof of or exemption from fee payment.

(b) *Evidence of nonpayment.* The BLM will consider failure to display proof of payment on your unattended vehicle parked within a fee area, where payment is required to be prima facie evidence of nonpayment.

(c) *Responsibility for penalties.* If another driver incurs a penalty under this subpart when using a vehicle registered in your name, you and the driver are jointly responsible for the penalty, unless you show that the vehicle was used without your permission.

(d) *Types of penalties.* You may be subject to the following fines or penalties for violating the provisions of this subpart:

| If you are convicted of . . . | then you may be subject to . . . | under . . . |
| --- | --- | --- |
| (1) Failing to obtain a permit under paragraph (a)(1) of this section, or any act prohibited by paragraph (a)(4), (5), or (6) of this section | A sentence of a fine and/or imprisonment for a Class A misdemeanor in accordance with 18 U.S.C. 3571 and 3581 | The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1733(a)). |
| (2) Violating any regulation in this subpart or any condition of a Recreation Use Permit | A sentence of a fine and/or imprisonment for a Class A misdemeanor in accordance with 18 U.S.C. 3571 and 3581 | The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1733(a)). |
| (3) Failing to pay a Recreation Use Permit fee required by paragraph (a)(1) of this section, or any act prohibited by paragraph (a)(3) of this section | A fine not to exceed $100 for the first offense, or a sentence of a fine and/or imprisonment for a Class A or B misdemeanor in accordance with 18 U.S.C. 3571 and 3581  for all subsequent offenses | The Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6811). |

[69 FR 5706, Feb. 6, 2004, as amended at 72 FR 7836, Feb. 21, 2007]