---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 161.715"
title: "25"
number: "161.715"
heading: "What will BIA do if a trespasser fails to pay penalties, damages and costs?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/161.715"
---

# §161.715. What will BIA do if a trespasser fails to pay penalties, damages and costs?


This section applies if a trespasser fails to pay the assessed penalties, damages, and costs as directed. Unless otherwise provided by applicable Navajo Nation law, BIA will:

- (a) Refuse to issue the permittee a permit for any use of Navajo Partitioned Lands; and
- (b) **Forward the case for appropriate legal action.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 2; 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 640d et seq.

### Source

Source: 70 FR 58888, Oct. 7, 2005, unless otherwise noted.