Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§408l Forfeiture of Property Used in Hunting, Fishing, Etc.
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LII — ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK › § 408l
Summary
Park officers can seize and hold any guns, traps, nets, seines, fishing gear, teams, horses, or vehicles used to illegally kill, trap, or catch birds, fish, or animals in the park. If the person is convicted, those items become federal property as an extra penalty. The Secretary of the Interior handles and accounts for the seized property. For teams, horses, or other transport, the court can decide whether to take them.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §408l
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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: 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. § 408l
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102