18 USC § 1793 - Trespass on Bureau of Prisons reservations and land

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s1793"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "18 USC § 1793 - Trespass on Bureau of Prisons reservations and land"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1793"
section_name: "Trespass on Bureau of Prisons reservations and land"
chapter_number: 87
chapter_name: "PRISONS"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "CRIMES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 99–646, § 64(a), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3614; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)"
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# § 1793. Trespass on Bureau of Prisons reservations and land

Whoever, without lawful authority or permission, goes upon a reservation, land, or a facility of the Bureau of Prisons shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 99–646, § 64(a), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3614; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $500”.