Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§362 Injury to Signposts and Filling up or Fouling Water Supply
Title 43 › CHAPTER 11 — DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT, AND MARKING OF WATER HOLES, ETC., BY GOVERNMENT › § 362
Summary
Intentionally damaging, destroying, defacing, removing, interfering with, polluting, or filling monuments, signposts, springs, streams, or water holes so they can’t be used is a crime. The penalty is a fine up to $1,000, up to three years in jail, or both.
Full Legal Text
Title 43, §362
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Whoever shall willfully or maliciously injure, destroy, deface, or remove any of said monuments or signposts, or shall willfully or maliciously fill up, render foul, or in anywise destroy or impair the utility of said springs, streams, or water holes, or shall willfully or maliciously interfere with said monuments, signposts, streams, springs, or water holes, or the purposes for which they are maintained and used, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
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Citation
43 U.S.C. § 362
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102