This year, about 68,000 (yes, thousand) people are expected to trek into the Black Rock Desert in Nevada for Burning Man. Veteran and virgin Burners alike should remember that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will enforce local and state laws during the event, which runs through Labor Day.

Though revelers will be there to watch The Man burn, here are five legal issues to consider on the dust-filled Playa:

For more tips, check out Burning Man’s Survival Guide.

Related Resources:

  • ‘Burning Man Barrister’ Offers Free Legal Advice to Festival Revelers (ABA Journal)
  • Man Burned at Burning Man Gets No Love from Court: What ‘Assumption of Risk’ Means (FindLaw’s Injured)
  • Burning Man Lawsuit Filed, Show May be in Jeopardy (FindLaw’s Law and Daily Life)
  • Seattle Cops Handing Out Munchies at ‘Hempfest’ (FindLaw’s Legally Weird)

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