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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§403h–4 Forfeiture of Property Used in Commission of Offenses

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

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Items used to illegally kill, trap, or take birds, fish, or animals inside the park can be taken by park officers and kept by the United States. Officers can hold those items until the person is prosecuted, and if the person is found guilty, losing the items is an extra penalty on top of other punishments. The Secretary of the Interior will decide what to do with the seized items, and any money from them goes into the U.S. Treasury. For teams, horses, or other vehicles, the judge may decide whether to take them.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §403h–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 said 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 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, 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 and the proceeds paid into the Treasury of the United States: Provided, That the forfeiture of teams, horses, or other means of transportation shall be in the discretion of the court.

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This Act, referred to in text, is act Apr. 29, 1942, which is classified to sections 403h–1 to 403h–10 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 403h–4

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60