30 USC § 1720 - Criminal penalties

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identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s1720"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "30 USC § 1720 - Criminal penalties"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "1720"
section_name: "Criminal penalties"
chapter_number: 29
chapter_name: "OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL ROYALTY MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–451, title I, § 110, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2455.)"
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# § 1720. Criminal penalties

section 1719(d) of this title

Any person who commits an act for which a civil penalty is provided in  shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $50,000, or by imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or both.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–451, title I, § 110, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2455.)