---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 4770.1"
title: "43"
number: "4770.1"
heading: "Prohibited acts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/4770.1"
---

# §4770.1. Prohibited acts.


The following acts are prohibited:

- (a) Maliciously or negligently injuring or harassing a wild horse or burro;
- (b) Removing or attempting to remove a wild horse or burro from the public lands without authorization from the authorized officer;
- (c) Destroying a wild horse or burro without authorization from the authorized officer except as an act of mercy;
- (d) Selling or attempting to sell, directly or indirectly, a wild horse or burro or its remains;
- (e) Commercially exploiting a wild horse or burro;
- (f) Treating a wild horse or burro inhumanely;
- (g) Violating a term or condition of the Private Maintenance and Care Agreement;
- (h) Branding a wild horse or burro;
- (i) Removing or altering a freeze mark on a wild horse or burro;
- (j) **Violating an order, term, or condition established by the authorized officer under this part.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1331-1340; 18 U.S.C. 47; 43 U.S.C. 315 and 1740.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 7414, Mar. 3, 1986, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 40890, Sept. 12, 1983]