Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§4916 Relationship to State law

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 69— - WILD EXOTIC BIRD CONSERVATION › § 4916

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

States may make rules about selling, giving, or owning exotic birds. Those rules cannot allow what federal law bans and must follow the United States' international agreements.

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Title 16, §4916

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Nothing in this chapter may be construed as precluding the regulation under State law of the sale, transfer, or possession of exotic birds if such regulation—

(1)does not authorize any sale, transfer, or possession of exotic birds that is prohibited under this chapter; and

(2)is consistent with the international obligations of the United States.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 4916

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73