---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 316k"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "316k"
heading: "Penalties"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/316k"
units:
  - "Chapter 8A — Grazing Lands"
  - "Subchapter II — Alaska"
---

# §316k. Penalties


Within one year from the date of the establishment of any [district](/usc/43/316a.md?p=2) the [Secretary](/usc/43/316a.md?p=3) shall give notice by publication in one or more newspapers of general circulation in each judicial division in which such [district](/usc/43/316a.md?p=2) or any part thereof is located that after the date specified in such notice it shall be unlawful for any [person](/usc/43/316a.md?p=1) to graze any class of livestock on lands in such [district](/usc/43/316a.md?p=2) except under authority of a lease made or permission granted by the [Secretary](/usc/43/316a.md?p=3); and any [person](/usc/43/316a.md?p=1) who willfully grazes livestock on such lands after such date and without such authority shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $500.


## Source credit

(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 513, § 12, 44 Stat. 1454.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 471k of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.