Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§1063 Obstruction of Settlement on or Transit Over Public Lands
Title 43 › CHAPTER 25 — UNLAWFUL INCLOSURES OR OCCUPANCY; OBSTRUCTING SETTLEMENT OR TRANSIT › § 1063
Summary
People must not use force, threats, fences, or other illegal means, alone or with others, to stop someone from peacefully entering, settling on, or traveling across public land that can be claimed under U.S. public land laws. It doesn't affect the rights of people who occupied and improved such land honestly.
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Title 43, §1063
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No person, by force, threats, intimidation, or by any fencing or inclosing, or any other unlawful means, shall prevent or obstruct, or shall combine and confederate with others to prevent or obstruct, any person from peaceably entering upon or establishing a settlement or residence on any tract of public land subject to settlement or entry under the public land laws of the United States, or shall prevent or obstruct free passage or transit over or through the public lands: Provided, This section shall not be held to affect the right or title of persons, who have gone upon, improved, or occupied said lands under the land laws of the United States, claiming title thereto, in good faith.
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The public land laws of the United States, referred to in text, are classified generally to this title.
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43 U.S.C. § 1063
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102