50 CFR § 27.65 - Tampering with vehicles and equipment.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s27.65"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 27.65 - Tampering with vehicles and equipment."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "27.65"
section_name: "Tampering with vehicles and equipment."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM"
part_number: "27"
part_name: "PROHIBITED ACTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 685, 752, 690d; 16 U.S.C. 460k, 460-6d, 664, 668dd, 685, 690d, 715i, 715s, 725; 43 U.S.C. 315a."
regulatory_source: "41 FR 9168, Mar. 3, 1976, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "27"
---


# 27.65 Tampering with vehicles and equipment.

Tampering with, entering, or starting any motor vehicle, boat, equipment or machinery or attempting to tamper with, enter, or start any motor vehicle, boat, equipment or machinery on any national wildlife refuge without proper authorization is prohibited.