Title 54, National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-110

§104908 Bows in Parks

Title 54 › Subtitle I — National Park System › CHAPTER 1049 — MISCELLANEOUS › § 104908

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

People may drive bows and crossbows that are not ready to use across National Park Service lands in their vehicle, and the Park Service Director cannot make or enforce rules that stop them from doing that. "Not ready to use" means the arrows are kept in a quiver or arrow case, and a crossbow is uncocked. The person must not be otherwise barred from having the weapon, the bow or crossbow must stay inside the vehicle the whole time on park land, and the possession must follow the state law where the park is located.

Full Legal Text

Title 54, §104908

National Park Service and Related Programs, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Definition of Not Ready for Immediate Use.—

The term “not ready for immediate use” means—

(1)a bow or crossbow, the arrows of which are secured or stowed in a quiver or other arrow transport case; and

(2)with respect to a crossbow, uncocked.

(b)Vehicular Transportation Authorized.—

The Director shall not promulgate or enforce any regulation that prohibits an individual from transporting bows and crossbows that are not ready for immediate use across any System unit in the vehicle of the individual if—

(1)the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the bows and crossbows;

(2)the bows or crossbows that are not ready for immediate use remain inside the vehicle of the individual throughout the period during which the bows or crossbows are transported across System land; and

(3)the possession of the bows and crossbows is in compliance with the law of the State in which the System unit is located.

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Citation

54 U.S.C. § 104908

Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110