54 U.S.C. § 103304: Recovery of land withheld

Summary

The United States may sue in federal court to get back land in a national military park if someone stays after a lease ends or keeps land they sold to the United States after being paid. The park superintendent must first ask for the land, the lawsuit follows the state's rules, and the person is guilty of trespass.

Title 54, §103304

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(a)Civil Action.—

The United States may bring a civil action in the courts of the United States against a person to whom land lying within a national military park has been leased that refuses to give up possession of the land to the United States after the termination of the lease, and after possession has been demanded for the United States by the park superintendent, or against a person retaining possession of land lying within the boundary of a national military park that the person has sold to the United States for park purposes and received payment therefor, after possession of the land has been demanded for the United States by the park superintendent, to recover possession of the land withheld. The civil action shall be brought according to the statutes of the State in which the national military park is situated.

(b)Trespass.—

A person described in subsection (a) shall be guilty of trespass.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10330416 U.S.C. 416.Mar. 3, 1897, ch. 372, §§ 4, 5, 29 Stat. 622. In subsection (a) the words “any park commissioner” are omitted as obsolete. See section 103303 of the new title. The words “or code of practice” are omitted as obsolete because of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 U.S.C. App.).

§103304 Recovery of Land Withheld

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Title 54, §103304

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