43 CFR § 9239.0-3 - Authority.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s9239.0-3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "43 CFR § 9239.0-3 - Authority."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "9239.0-3"
section_name: "Authority."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "TECHNICAL SERVICES (9000)"
part_number: "9230"
part_name: "TRESPASS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "R.S. 2478 and 43 U.S.C. 1201."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 9800, June 13, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "9230"
---


# 9239.0-3 Authority.

(a) Sections 9239.0-3 to 9239.7 are issued under the authority of R.S. 2478; 43 U.S.C. 1201.

(b) In addition to liability for trespass on the public lands, as indicated in this part, persons responsible for such trespass may be prosecuted criminally under any applicable Federal law. Penalties are prescribed by the following statutes:

(1) Timber trespass. 18 U.S.C. 1852, 1853.

(2) Turpentine trespass. 18 U.S.C. 1854.

(3) Coal trespass. 18 U.S.C. 1851; 30 U.S.C. 201(b)(4).

[35 FR 9800, June 13, 1970, as amended at 42 FR 4460, Jan. 25, 1977]