Current through October 31, 2024
Section 161.712 - What are the penalties, damages, and costs payable by trespassers?Trespassers on Navajo Partitioned Lands must pay the following penalties and costs:
(a) Collection of the value of the products illegally used or removed plus a penalty of double their values;(b) Costs associated with any damage to Navajo Partitioned Lands and/or property;(c) The costs associated with enforcement of the provisions, including field examination and survey, damage appraisal, investigation assistance and reports, witness expenses, demand letters, court costs, and attorney fees;(d) Expenses incurred in gathering, impounding, caring for, and disposal of livestock in cases which necessitate impoundment under § 161.707 ; and(e) All other penalties authorized by law.