42 USC § 13261 - Prohibited acts

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s13261"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 13261 - Prohibited acts"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "13261"
section_name: "Prohibited acts"
chapter_number: 134
chapter_name: "ENERGY POLICY"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "AVAILABILITY AND USE OF REPLACEMENT FUELS, ALTERNATIVE FUELS, AND ALTERNATIVE FUELED PRIVATE VEHICLES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 102–486, title V, § 511, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2899; Pub. L. 109–58, title VII, § 703(b), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 816.)"
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# § 13261. Prohibited acts

It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision of section 13251, 13253(b), 13257, or 13263a of this title, or any regulation issued under such sections.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 102–486, title V, § 511, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2899; Pub. L. 109–58, title VII, § 703(b), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 816.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2005— substituted “13257, or 13263a” for “or 13257”.