Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§410a Acceptance of Title to Lands
Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LIV— EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK › § 410a
Summary
The Interior Secretary can take ownership of lands for the park if given proof of ownership he finds acceptable, but only after Florida gives the United States exclusive legal control over the whole park.
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Title 16, §410a
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion and upon submission of evidence of title satisfactory to him, to accept on behalf of the United States, title to the lands referred to in section 410 of this title as may be deemed by him necessary or desirable for national-park purposes: Provided, That no land for said park shall be accepted until exclusive jurisdiction over the entire park area, in form satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, shall have been ceded by the State of Florida to the United States.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 410a
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60