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§575 Search for Lost Persons, and Transportation of Sick, Injured, or Dead Persons, Within National Forests; Authorization to Incur Expense

Title 16 › Chapter 3— FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › Subchapter I— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 575

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Secretary may fund emergency searches and pay to transport people who are lost, seriously ill, injured, or dead in national forests to the nearest place for interested parties or local authorities.

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Title 16, §575

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The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized in cases of emergency to incur such expenses as may be necessary in searching for persons lost in the national forests and in transporting persons seriously ill, injured, or who die within the national forests to the nearest place where the sick or injured person, or the body, may be transferred to interested parties or local authorities.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 575

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Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60