# 50 CFR § 22.12: Illegal activities

> Federal · Regulations · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-22.12

## Section

- **Citation:** 50 CFR § 22.12
- **Heading:** Illegal activities
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 50—Wildlife and Fisheries > CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR > SUBCHAPTER B—TAKING, POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, SALE, PURCHASE, BARTER, EXPORTATION, AND IMPORTATION OF WILDLIFE AND PLANTS > PART 22—EAGLE PERMITS > Subpart A—Introduction and General Requirements

## Text

(a) You may not sell, purchase, barter, trade, import, or export, or offer for sale, purchase, barter, or trade, at any time or in any manner, any bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), or any golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), or the parts, nests, or eggs of these birds, and we will not issue a permit to authorize these acts.
(b) You may not transport into or out of the United States any live bald or golden eagle, or any live egg of those birds, and we will not issue a permit to authorize these acts.
(c) Application for a permit does not release you from liability for any take that occurs prior to issuance of, or outside the terms of, a permit.
[64 FR 50472, Sept. 17, 1999. Redesignated and amended at 87 FR 884, Jan. 7, 2022; 89 FR 9958, Feb. 12, 2024]

## Nearby sections

- [50 CFR § 22.2 § 22.2 Purpose of this part.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-22.2.md)
- [50 CFR § 22.4 § 22.4 Scope of this part.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-22.4.md)
- [50 CFR § 22.5 § 22.5 Disqualifying factors.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-22.5.md)
- [50 CFR § 22.6 § 22.6 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-22.6.md)
- [50 CFR § 22.8 § 22.8 Information collection requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-22.8.md)
- [50 CFR § 22.10 § 22.10 Relationship to other permit requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-22.10.md)
- [50 CFR § 22.12 § 22.12 Illegal activities.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-22.12.md)
- [50 CFR § 22.15 § 22.15 Authorization—exhibition use of eagle specimens.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-22.15.md)
- [50 CFR § 22.50 § 22.50 Eagle scientific and exhibition permits.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-22.50.md)
- [50 CFR § 22.60 § 22.60 Eagle Indian religious permits.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-22.60.md)
- [50 CFR § 22.70 § 22.70 Eagle falconry permits.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-22.70.md)
- [50 CFR § 22.100 § 22.100 Eagle depredation permits.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-22.100.md)
- [50 CFR § 22.120 § 22.120 Golden eagle depredations control order on request of Governor of a State.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-22.120.md)
- [50 CFR § 22.122 § 22.122 Conditions and limitations on taking under depredation control order.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-22.122.md)

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-22.12. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.