Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§404c–4 Forfeiture of property used in commission of offenses
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XLVII— - MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK › § 404c–4
Summary
Officers may seize and hold any guns, traps, nets, fishing gear, teams, horses, or other transport used to illegally kill, trap, or take wildlife inside the park. If the person is convicted, those items must be taken by the United States as a penalty and disposed of under the Secretary of the Interior’s authority, but the court may decide whether to forfeit teams or horses.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §404c–4
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All guns, traps, nets, seines, fishing tackle, teams, horses, or means of transportation of every nature or description used by any person or persons within the limits of the park when engaged in killing, trapping, ensnaring, taking, or capturing such wild birds, fish, or animals contrary to the provisions of this Act or the rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior shall be forfeited to the United States and may be seized by the officers in the 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, fishing tackle, 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: Provided, That the forfeiture of teams, horses, or other means of transportation shall be in the discretion of the court.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 404c–4
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73