Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§612 Permits to Cut and Remove Timber to Certain Corporations
Title 16 › CHAPTER 4 — PROTECTION OF TIMBER, AND DEPREDATIONS › § 612
Summary
The Secretary may grant permits to out-of-State or federally formed corporations so they can have the same rights as local corporations in a State if they first follow that State's business laws. This does not give railways any extra right to cut timber on public land.
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Title 16, §612
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It shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Interior to grant permits in accordance with the provisions of section 607 of this title, to corporations incorporated under a Federal law of the United States or incorporated under the laws of a State or Territory of the United States, other than the State in which the privilege is requested, said permits to confer the same rights and benefits upon such corporations as are conferred upon corporations incorporated in the State in which the privilege is to be exercised: Provided, That all such corporations shall first have complied with the laws of that State so as to entitle them to do business therein; but nothing herein shall operate to enlarge the rights of any railway company to cut timber on the public domain.
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Codification See portion of note under section 604 of this title relative to act Jan. 11, 1921, which is applicable equally to this section.
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16 U.S.C. § 612
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102