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§403c–4 Forfeiture of property used in commission of offenses

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XLVI— - SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK AND GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK › § 403c–4

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Park officers can take any guns, traps, nets, boats, horses, teams, or other kinds of transport used inside the park to kill, trap, or catch wild animals, birds, or fish. The officers will hold those items while the person is charged and the case goes to court. If the person is found guilty, the items become the property of the United States as an extra penalty on top of any other punishment. The Secretary of the Interior must decide what to do with the seized property and keep records of it.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §403c–4

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All guns, traps, nets, seines, teams, horses, or means of transportation of every nature or description, used by any person or persons within the limits of said park when engaged in killing, trapping, ensnaring, taking, or capturing such wild beasts, birds, fish, or animals, shall be forfeited to the United States and may be seized by the officers in said park and held pending prosecution of any person or persons arrested under the charge of violating the provisions of this Act, and upon conviction under this Act of such person or persons using said guns, traps, nets, seines, teams, horses, or other means of transportation, such forfeiture shall be adjudicated as a penalty in addition to the other punishment prescribed in this Act. Such forfeited property shall be disposed of and accounted for by and under the authority of the Secretary of the Interior.

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This Act, referred to in text, is act Aug. 19, 1937, which is classified to sections 403c–1 to 403c–11 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 403c–4

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73