43 CFR § 4770.5 - Criminal penalties.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s4770.5"
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title: "43 CFR § 4770.5 - Criminal penalties."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "4770.5"
section_name: "Criminal penalties."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "RANGE MANAGEMENT (4000)"
part_number: "4700"
part_name: "PROTECTION, MANAGEMENT, AND CONTROL OF WILD FREE-ROAMING HORSES AND BURROS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 1331-1340; 18 U.S.C. 47; 43 U.S.C. 315 and 1740."
regulatory_source: "51 FR 7414, Mar. 3, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "4700"
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# 4770.5 Criminal penalties.

Any person who commits any act prohibited in § 4770.1 of these regulations shall be subject to a fine of not more than $2,000 or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both, for each violation. Any person so charged with such violation by the authorized officer may be tried and sentenced by a United States Commissioner or magistrate, designated for that purpose by the court by which he/she was appointed, in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as provided in 18 U.S.C. 3401.