---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 1793"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "1793"
heading: "Trespass on Bureau of Prisons reservations and land"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/1793"
units:
  - "Part I — Crimes"
  - "Chapter 87 — Prisons"
---

# §1793. Trespass on Bureau of Prisons reservations and land


[Whoever](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-1), without lawful authority or permission, goes upon a reservation, land, or a facility of the Bureau of [Prisons](/usc/18/2246.md?p=1) shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 99–646, § 64(a), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3614; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $500”.