U.S.C. Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 18 U.S.C. United States Code, 2024 Edition Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 91 - PUBLIC LANDS Sec. 1858 - Survey marks destroyed or removed From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov §1858. Survey marks destroyed or removed Whoever willfully destroys, defaces, changes, or removes to another place any section corner, quarter-section corner, or meander post, on any Government line of survey, or willfully cuts down any witness tree or any tree blazed to mark the line of a Government survey, or willfully defaces, changes, or removes any monument or bench mark of any Government survey, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 789; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(E), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2146.) Historical and Revision Notes Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §111 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §57, 35 Stat. 1099). Minor changes were made in phraseology. Editorial Notes Amendments 1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $250".
18 U.S.C. § 1858
§1858. Survey marks destroyed or removed
Edition 2024