Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§4916 Relationship to State Law
Title 16 › CHAPTER 69 — WILD EXOTIC BIRD CONSERVATION › § 4916
Summary
States may make laws about selling, moving, or owning exotic birds. Those state laws must not allow anything this chapter forbids, and they must follow the United States' international obligations.
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Title 16, §4916
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Nothing in this chapter may be construed as precluding the regulation under State law of the sale, transfer, or possession of exotic birds if such regulation—
(1)does not authorize any sale, transfer, or possession of exotic birds that is prohibited under this chapter; and
(2)is consistent with the international obligations of the United States.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 4916
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102