---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 243.8"
title: "25"
number: "243.8"
heading: "What penalties apply to violations of this part?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/243.8"
---

# §243.8. What penalties apply to violations of this part?


If you are a non-Native transferee of live Alaskan reindeer who violates the provisions of this part, you are subject to the penalties in this section.

- (a) Under [25 U.S.C. 500i](/usc/25/500i.md), you can be fined up to $7,820 if you:
  - (1) Take possession of reindeer without a permit issued under [§ 243.7](/cfr/25/243.7.md); or
  - (2) Do not abide by the terms of a permit issued under [§ 243.7](/cfr/25/243.7.md) (including the requirement that you slaughter or export the reindeer within 30 days and not bring them back alive into Alaska).
- (b) Under [25 U.S.C. 500b](/usc/25/500b.md), you are barred from asserting your title to the reindeer if you:
  - (1) Do not obtain a transfer permit from us and fully comply with its terms; or
  - (2) **Fail to file with us a claim of title to reindeer within 30 days of acquiring them.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[71 FR 2429, Jan. 13, 2006, as amended at 81 FR 42482, June 30, 2016; 82 FR 7653, Jan. 23, 2017; 83 FR 5195, Feb. 6, 2018; 84 FR 15102, Apr. 15, 2019; 85 FR 9369, Feb. 19, 2020; 86 FR 7348, Jan. 28, 2021; 87 FR 13156, Mar. 9, 2022; 88 FR 13022, Mar. 2, 2023; 89 FR 18363, Mar. 13, 2024; 90 FR 23858, June 5, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 12, 50 Stat. 902; 25 U.S.C. 500K; and Sec. 701, Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 599.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 2429, Jan. 13, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[71 FR 2429, Jan. 13, 2006, as amended at 81 FR 42482, June 30, 2016; 82 FR 7653, Jan. 23, 2017; 83 FR 5195, Feb. 6, 2018; 84 FR 15102, Apr. 15, 2019; 85 FR 9369, Feb. 19, 2020; 86 FR 7348, Jan. 28, 2021; 87 FR 13156, Mar. 9, 2022; 88 FR 13022, Mar. 2, 2023; 89 FR 18363, Mar. 13, 2024; 90 FR 23858, June 5, 2025]