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18 U.S.C. § 1866 — Historic, archeologic, or prehistoric items and antiquities

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18 U.S.C. § 1866 — Historic, archeologic, or prehistoric items and antiquities

**(a) Violation of Regulations Authorized by Chapter 3201 of Title 54.—** A person that violates any of the regulations authorized by chapter 3201 of title 54 shall be fined under this title and be adjudged to pay all cost of the proceedings. **(b) Appropriation of, Injury to, or Destruction of Historic or Prehistoric Ruin or Monument or Object of Antiquity.—** A person that appropriates, excavates, injures, or destroys any historic or prehistoric ruin or monument or any other object of antiquity that is situated on land owned or controlled by the Federal Government without the permission of the head of the Federal agency having jurisdiction over the land on which the object is situated, shall be imprisoned not more than 90 days, fined under this title, or both.

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**(a) Violation of Regulations Authorized by Chapter 3201 of Title 54.—** A person that violates any of the regulations authorized by chapter 3201 of title 54 shall be fined under this title and be adjudged to pay all cost of the proceedings. **(b) Appropriation of, Injury to, or Destruction of Historic or Prehistoric Ruin or Monument or Object of Antiquity.—** A person that appropriates, excavates, injures, or destroys any historic or prehistoric ruin or monument or any other object of antiquity that is situated on land owned or controlled by the Federal Government without the permission of the head of the Federal agency having jurisdiction over the land on which the object is situated, shall be imprisoned not more than 90 days, fined under this title, or both.

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16 U.S.C. § 433 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272

### Statutory Notes Section, act June 8, 1906, ch. 3060, § 1, 34 Stat. 225, related to penalties for appropriation of, injury to, or destruction of historic or prehistoric ruin, monument, or object of antiquity. See [section 1866(b) of Title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1866/b&num=0&edition=prelim), Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

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54 U.S.C. § 320105 — Criminal penalties

Criminal penalties for a violation of a regulation authorized by this chapter are provided by [section 1866 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1866&num=0&edition=prelim).

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18 U.S.C. § 1866 — Historic, archeologic, or prehistoric items

Page 459 TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE § 1866 UNDER SUBCHAPTER III OF CHAPTER 1007 OF TITLE 54.—An officer or employee of the Department of the Interior who is subject to, and knowingly violates, section 100737 of title 54 or any regula- tion prescribed under that section shall be im- prisoned not more than one year, fined under this title, or both. (c) OFFENSES RELATING TO STRUCTURES AND VEGETATION.—A person that willfully destroys, mutilates, defaces, injures, or removes any monument, statue, marker, guidepost, or other structure, or that willfully destroys, cuts, breaks, injures, or removes any tree, shrub, or plant within a national military park shall be imprisoned not less than 15 days nor more than one year, fined under this title but not less than $10 for each monument, statue, marker, guide- post, or other structure, tree, shrub, or plant that is destroyed, defaced, injured, cut, or re- moved, or both. (d) TRESPASSING IN A NATIONAL MILITARY PARK TO HUNT OR SHOOT.—An individual who tres- passes in a national military park to hunt or shoot, or hunts game of any kind in a national military park with a gun or dog, or sets a trap or net or other device in a national military park to hunt or catch game of any kind, shall be imprisoned not less than 5 nor more than 30 days, fined under this title, or both. (Added Pub. L. 113–287, § 4(a)(1), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3260.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 1865(a) ........ 16 U.S.C. 3 (1st sen- tence words after ‘‘National Park Service’’) Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, § 3 (1st sentence words after ‘‘Na- tional Park Service’’), 39 Stat. 535; June 2, 1920, ch. 218, § 5 (last sentence words after ‘‘for other purposes’ ’

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