C.F.R. » Title 36 » CHAPTER III—CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY › PART 327—RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC USE OF WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ADMINISTERED BY THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS

36 C.F.R. § 327.20

Unauthorized structures

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The construction, placement, or existence of any structure (including, but not limited to, roads, trails, signs, non-portable hunting stands or blinds, buoys, docks, or landscape features) of any kind under, upon, in or over the project lands, or waters is prohibited unless a permit, lease, license or other appropriate written authorization has been issued by the District Commander. The design, construction, placement, existence or use of structures in violation of the terms of the permit, lease, license, or other written authorization is prohibited. The government shall not be liable for the loss of, or damage to, any private structures, whether authorized or not, placed on project lands or waters. Unauthorized structures are subject to summary removal or impoundment by the District Commander. Portable hunting stands, climbing devices, steps, or blinds, that are not nailed or screwed into trees and are removed at the end of a day's hunt may be used.

[65 FR 6902, Feb. 11, 2000]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1992–2025 · leading case: United States v. Charles J. Paternostro, 966 F.2d 907 (5th Cir. 1992).
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United States v. Charles J. Paternostro, 966 F.2d 907 (5th Cir. 1992). “Paternostro concedes that the maximum sentence for violation of 36 C.F.R. § 327.20 is six months imprisonment and a $5,000 fine.”
United States v. Donovan (E.D. Tex. 2020). “According to the Government, Donovan nonetheless modified the Easement with a mobile home, utility services, and a gravel mixture (“the Encroachments”) between November 18, 2016 and May 15, 2019, without written consent in violation of 36 C.F.R. § 327.20 (Dkt. #1 at pp. 2–3,…”
United States v. Chesser (N.D. Tex. 2023). “001, interference with the use of the Easement, and 36 C.F.R. § 327.20.11 Defendants claim that a declaratory judgment is improper under Tex.”
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (D.D.C. 2025). “” 36 C.F.R. § 327.20 ; see Opp. at 11. No one disputes, however, that the pipeline is currently an unauthorized structure that the Corps may, at any moment, choose to remove.”
U.S. v. Paternostro. (5th Cir. 1992). “Paternostro concedes that the maximum sentence for violation of 36 C.F.R. § 327.20 is six months imprisonment and a $5,000 fine.”
United States v. Grabler, 907 F. Supp. 499 (D. Mass. 1995). “36 C.F.R. § 327.20 provides in relevant part that ‘‘[t]he construction, placement, or existence of any structure .”
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