43 CFR § 9269.0-3 - Authority.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s9269.0-3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "43 CFR § 9269.0-3 - Authority."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "9269.0-3"
section_name: "Authority."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "TECHNICAL SERVICES (9000)"
part_number: "9260"
part_name: "LAW ENFORCEMENT—CRIMINAL"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 4601-6a, 16 U.S.C. 670h, 16 U.S.C. 1246(i), 16 U.S.C. 1336, 43 U.S.C. 315a, 43 U.S.C. 1733(a), 43 U.S.C. 1740, and Executive Order 11644, 37 FR 2877, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 666."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 31276, May 12, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "9260"
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# 9269.0-3 Authority.

(a) The provisions of this subpart 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 parts 9230 and 9260 of this title, 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, 1953.

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

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