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18 U.S.C. § 1856Fires left unattended and unextinguished

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 162 words · no verdicts yet

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This section penalizes leaving a fire on specified federal or Indian lands without completely putting it out or allowing it to burn or spread beyond control. The maximum imprisonment is six months.

A person who starts, or causes someone else to start, a fire in or near a forest, timber, or other flammable material on land owned, controlled, leased, or under any form of United States jurisdiction commits an offense if the person leaves without completely extinguishing the fire, lets or allows it to burn or spread beyond the person’s control, or leaves or allows it to burn unattended. This includes land under a purchase contract or condemnation proceedings, Indian reservations and other Indian land held or occupied under United States authority, and an Indian allotment whose title is held in trust by the United States or that the allottee cannot sell without United States consent. The person may be fined under this title, imprisoned for up to 6 months, or both.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Whoever, having kindled or caused to be kindled, a fire in or near any forest, timber, or other inflammable material upon any lands owned, controlled or leased by, or under the partial, concurrent, or exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, including lands under contract for purchase or for the acquisition of which condemnation proceedings have been instituted, and including any Indian reservation or lands belonging to or occupied by any tribe or group of Indians under the authority of the United States, or any Indian allotment while the title to the same is held in trust by the United States, or while the same shall remain inalienable by the allottee without the consent of the United States, leaves said fire without totally extinguishing the same, or permits or suffers said fire to burn or spread beyond his control, or leaves or suffers said fire to burn unattended, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 788; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 788
  • 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.

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