---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 51.8"
title: "43"
number: "51.8"
heading: "Penalties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/51.8"
---

# §51.8. Penalties.


If you are convicted of violating any provision of this part or [36 CFR part 242](/cfr/36/part242.md), you may be punished by a fine or by imprisonment in accordance with the penalty provisions applicable to the public land where the violation occurred.


## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 30563, May 7, 2002. Redesignated and amended at 90 FR 34148, July 18, 2025]

### Source

Source: 67 FR 30563, May 7, 2002, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 90 FR 34148, July 18, 2025.

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3, 472, 551, 668dd, 3101-3126; 18 U.S.C. 3551-3586; 43 U.S.C. 1733.

### Amendments

[67 FR 30563, May 7, 2002. Redesignated and amended at 90 FR 34148, July 18, 2025]