---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 1164"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "1164"
heading: "Destroying boundary and warning signs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/1164"
units:
  - "Part I — Crimes"
  - "Chapter 53 — Indians"
---

# §1164. Destroying boundary and warning signs


[Whoever](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-1) willfully destroys, defaces, or removes any sign erected by an [Indian tribe](/usc/18/841.md?p=t), or a Government agency (1) to indicate the boundary of an Indian reservation or of any [Indian country](/usc/18/2266.md?p=4) as defined in [section 1151 of this title](/usc/18/1151.md) or (2) to give notice that hunting, trapping, or fishing is not permitted thereon without lawful authority or permission, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 86–634, § 1, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 469; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(E), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2146.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $250”.