Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 10, 2026

Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior last revised: Dec 18, 2025
§ 15.5 - Wrecks.

No person shall willfully destroy molest, remove, deface, displace, or tamper with any wrecks, parts of wrecks or any cargo pertaining to such wrecks within the Preserve in such manner as to injure or destroy any coral formation.

authority: Sec. 5, 67 Stat. 464; 43 U.S.C. 1334; Proc. 3339, 25 FR 2352
source: 25 FR 8948, Sept. 17, 1960, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 43 CFR 15.5