---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 9262.1"
title: "43"
number: "9262.1"
heading: "Penalties for unauthorized use, occupancy, or development of public lands."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/9262.1"
---

# §9262.1. Penalties for unauthorized use, occupancy, or development of public lands.


Under [section 303(a)](/cfr/43/303.md?p=a) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ([43 U.S.C. 1733(a)](/usc/43/1733.md?p=a)) any person who knowingly and willfully violates the provisions of §§ [2808.10(a)](/cfr/43/2808.10.md?p=a), [2812.1-3](/cfr/43/2812.1-3.md), [2888.10](/cfr/43/2888.10.md), or [2920.1-2(a)](/cfr/43/2920.1-2.md?p=a) of this chapter, by using public lands without the requisite authorization, may be tried before a United States magistrate and fined no more than $1,000 or imprisoned for no more than 12 months, or both.


## Notes

### Amendments

[70 FR 21090, Apr. 22, 2005]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 4601-6a, 16 U.S.C. 670h, 16 U.S.C. 1246(i), 16 U.S.C. 1336, 43 U.S.C. 315a, 43 U.S.C. 1733(a), 43 U.S.C. 1740, and Executive Order 11644, 37 FR 2877, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 666.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 31276, May 12, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[70 FR 21090, Apr. 22, 2005]