---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 291.34"
title: "36"
number: "291.34"
heading: "Criminal penalties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/291.34"
---

# §291.34. Criminal penalties.

- (a) A person who knowingly violates or counsels, procures, solicits, or employs another person to violate [§ 291.27](/cfr/36/291.27.md) shall, upon conviction, be fined in accordance with [Title 18](/cfr/18.md), United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both; but if the sum of the commercial and paleontological value of the paleontological resources involved and the cost of restoration and repair of such resources does not exceed $500, such person shall be fined in accordance with [Title 18](/cfr/18.md), United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.
- (b) Paleontological and commercial values and the cost of restoration and repair are determined under [§§ 291.37 through 291.39](/cfr/36/291.37..291.39.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 470aaa through 470aaa-11.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 21630, Apr. 17, 2015, unless otherwise noted.