Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§171 Forfeitures and Seizures of Guns, Traps, Teams, Etc.
Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter XX— GLACIER NATIONAL PARK › § 171
Summary
Guns, traps, horses, teams, or any transport used inside the park to kill or catch wild animals can be seized and become property of the United States. If the user is convicted, those items will be taken away as an extra punishment and handled by the Secretary of the Interior.
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Title 16, §171
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All guns, traps, teams, horses, or means of transportation of every nature or description, used by any person or persons within said park limits when engaged in killing, trapping, ensnaring, or capturing such wild beasts, birds, or wild animals shall be forfeited to the United States and may be seized by the officers in said park and held pending the prosecution of any person or persons arrested under charge of violating the provisions of this Act, and upon conviction under this Act of such person or persons using said guns, traps, teams, horses, or other means of transportation, such forfeiture shall be adjudicated as a penalty in addition to the other punishment provided under 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. 22, 1914, which is classified to section 163 and 168 to 177 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
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16 U.S.C. § 171
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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