Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§146 Offenses Within Park
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XV — WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK › § 146
Summary
Anyone who enters the park illegally, takes things without permission, damages park land or property in any way, or breaks the park rules can be punished. If found guilty, they can be fined up to $1,000, jailed for up to 12 months, or both, as the judge decides.
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Title 16, §146
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All persons who shall unlawfully intrude upon said park, or who shall without permission appropriate any object therein or commit unauthorized injury or waste in any form whatever upon the lands or other public property therein, or who shall violate any of the rules and regulations prescribed hereunder, shall upon conviction be fined in a sum not more than $1,000 or be imprisoned for a period not more than twelve months, or shall suffer both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
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Hereunder, referred to in text, means act Jan. 9, 1903, ch. 63, 32 Stat. 765, which is classified to section 141, and 142 to 146 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
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16 U.S.C. § 146
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102