Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§410o Exchange of Land, Water, and Interests Therein

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LIV — EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK › § 410o

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior may give to the State of Florida, by quitclaim deed (a simple transfer of ownership), U.S. land and water that were bought for Everglades National Park but are not kept in the park under section 410i. In return, Florida must give the United States all land and water it owns inside the park boundary described in section 410i. Land can only be left out of the park if Florida gives its park lands to the United States at the same time. That transfer must happen before the Secretary can buy any privately owned land inside the 410i boundary and outside the areas in sections 410e–410h, unless the land is donated.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §410o

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to transfer to the State of Florida by quitclaim deed the land, water, and interests therein, previously acquired by the United States of America for Everglades National Park and not included within such park by section 410i of this title, such transfer to be in exchange for the conveyance by the State of Florida to the United States of all land, water, and interests therein, owned by the State within the boundary of the park as described in section 410i of this title: Provided, That exclusion of any land, water, and interests therein from the park boundary pursuant to section 410i of this title shall be dependent upon the contemporaneous conveyance by the State to the United States of all land, water, and interests therein, owned by the State within the park boundary described in section 410i of this title, including land, water, and interests therein, heretofore conveyed to the State, for transfer to the United States for inclusion in Everglades National Park. The effectuation of the transfer provided for in this section shall be a condition precedent to the acquisition by the Secretary of any land, water, or interests therein held in private ownership within the boundaries set forth in section 410i of this title and outside the area designated in sections 410e to 410h of this title, except as such acquisition is by donation.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 410o

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102