43 CFR § 9239.1-2 - Penalty for trespass.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s9239.1-2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "43 CFR § 9239.1-2 - Penalty for trespass."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "9239.1-2"
section_name: "Penalty for trespass."
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"
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# 9239.1-2 Penalty for trespass.
(a) In accordance with §§ 9239.0-7, 9239.0-8, and 9239.1-1 of this subpart, anyone responsible for a trespass act is liable to the United States in a civil action for damages and may be prosecuted under criminal law as provided in § 9265.6 of this chapter.
(b) The cutting of timber from the public land in Alaska, other than in accordance with the terms of the law and §§ 5511.2 to 5511.2-6 of this chapter will render the persons responsible liable to the United States in a civil action for trespass and such persons may be prosecuted criminally under title 18 U.S.C., or under State law.
[35 FR 9800, June 13, 1970, as amended at 56 FR 10176, Mar. 11, 1991; 60 FR 50451, Sept. 29, 1995]